Absurd Creature of the Week: The 6-Foot Earthworm That Sounds Like a Draining Bathtub
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Perhaps Australia's most remarkable creature is a gentle, extremely delicate colossus few have had the privilege of glimpsing: the giant Gippsland earthworm, which can grow to some 6 feet long. Give it a stretch--only if it’s already dead, you chucklehead--and it can easily double in length.
Perhaps Australia's most remarkable creature is a gentle, extremely delicate colossus few have had the privilege of glimpsing: the giant Gippsland earthworm, which can grow to some 6 feet long. Give it a stretch--only if it’s already dead, you chucklehead--and it can easily double in length.
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Absurd Creature of the Week: The 6-Foot Earthworm That Sounds Like a Draining Bathtub
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