#tigerworm — Public Fediverse posts
Live and recent posts from across the Fediverse tagged #tigerworm, aggregated by home.social.
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The secret world of earthworms https://theconversation.com/the-secret-world-of-earthworms-meet-the-tiger-worm-and-the-nightcrawler-227693
'"they can be divided into 3 groups. The 1st live in organic-rich material, like a #compost bin. These include the #TigerWorm or #brandling and are great at breaking down vegetable peelings. Unpigmented #earthworms eat #soil and make horizontal burrows close to the surface. The 3rd group are larger, deep burrowers (~1m below) such as the #DewWorm or #Nightcrawler. They use their mouth to pull leaves into their permanent, vertical burrows."
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The secret world of earthworms https://theconversation.com/the-secret-world-of-earthworms-meet-the-tiger-worm-and-the-nightcrawler-227693
'"they can be divided into 3 groups. The 1st live in organic-rich material, like a #compost bin. These include the #TigerWorm or #brandling and are great at breaking down vegetable peelings. Unpigmented #earthworms eat #soil and make horizontal burrows close to the surface. The 3rd group are larger, deep burrowers (~1m below) such as the #DewWorm or #Nightcrawler. They use their mouth to pull leaves into their permanent, vertical burrows."