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Evei notice how you find worms in the yard attei it rains'?
When you dig in the dirt you might run into them, too.
But did you know they're good tor more than fish bait 9
They actually make the dirt good tor growing healthy
plants and food by increasing the amount of water and
air that gets into soil They break down leaves and grass so
plants can use them, and they leave behind castings, which
make a great fertilizer
It's haid to tell one end liom anothet when you see a
woim Even though they don't have a head like other
animals, they have a head end, called the antenor
Then tail end is called the postenoi At the liont end,
the piostomium, a flap ol skin, hangs ovei the woim's
mouth to keep out stuff the woim doesn’t like
In between the ends, woims’ bodies have a lot ol rings
called segments A lull-giown woim has 120 to 170
segments Worms also have a band around their bodies
called the clitellum The chtellum helps form cocoons,
and baby worms hatch from the cocoons
Worms move with the help ot their muscles Circular
muscles tighten to make their bodies long and thin,
which moves the front end forward Then long muscles
squeeze together to move the icai end oflhc body toward
the liont end
Even though woims have five heaits, they don't have
lungs Instead they bicalhe thiough then skin In ordci
for oxygen to get in though, then skin has to stay wet
But too much watei can drown them
To Icam mote about woims, visit the Web site
www.urbanext.uiuc.edu/worms/index.html.
Worms like to eat:
Fiuit and vegetable peelings
Cereals
Coin meal
Crushed eggshells
Coffee giounds
Tea bags
Newspapei
Worms don't like;
Meat or chicken
Animal bones
Cheese
Mayonnaise
Greasy food
Slick, colored paper
Worm Facts
• Earthworms came to the United States in plants that
Pilgrims brought
• Worms have no arms, legs or eyes.
• There are about 2,700 kinds ot worms.
• The longest earthworm ever found was 22 feet long
• If it's cut off, a worm can grow a new tail However,
a worm can't grow a new head
• There can be mote than 1 million worms in one acre
of land.
• Baby worms are smaller than a piece of nee when
they hatch.
• If exposed to light for too long, worms become
paralyzed.
• Each day, a worm can eat its weight.
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