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almost 17 years ago · edited over 13 years ago

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almost 17 years ago · edited over 13 years ago

Why is it that when it rains heavily all the earthworms depart the ground so they can drown on the concrete??

This isn't a joke question, someone asked me this last week and the more I thought about it, the more intrigued I became. Anyone out there with a scientific answer??

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almost 17 years ago · edited over 13 years ago

Earthworms surface during a heavy or prolong rain because the transfer of
oxygen between their soil environment and their blood stream is greatly reduced
when their surroundings is primarily water. Water holds much less oxygen than
air and earthworms rely on the air in the soil for diffusing adequate oxygen
through their skin. Hence, they come to the surface to increase the oxygen uptake when rain
water saturates the soil and displaces the air in the soil.

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almost 17 years ago · edited over 13 years ago

Cheers for that, I shall pass it on!

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almost 17 years ago · edited over 13 years ago

Yep they run out of oxygen for diffusion really. Same as if we stuck you down there :O)

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almost 17 years ago · edited over 13 years ago

I thought it was the signal to all come out and make friends

You know we belong together...

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almost 17 years ago · edited over 13 years ago

I figured the water displaced them and they came above ground and they were too lazy to go back down.

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over 16 years ago · edited over 13 years ago

loyalgunner wrote:

I figured the water displaced them and they came above ground and they were too lazy to go back down.

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