Earthworm

Earthworms have five hearts.

Earthworms don't have eyes or ears.

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Earthworms are hermaphrodites.  When two worms mate, both worms produce children.

One adult worm can produce 96 baby worms in as little as 6 months

Baby robins eat 14 feet of earthworms every day.

An earthworm consumes decomposing material equal to its body weight each day throughout the summer.

Earthworms force air through the underground tunnels they create, thereby aerating the soil as they work.

The reason why earthworms emerge after rain remains a bit of a mystery While early explanations suggested earthworms drown in flooded soil, this has been disproven. They can survive submerged for extended periods, so escaping rising water isn't their primary motivation. The leading theory is that heavy rain softens the soil and makes it easier for worms to move around, potentially increasing their chances of encountering mates and food sources.

Earthworms are unable to drown like a human would, and they can even survive several days fully submerged in water. They breathe through their skin and can handle water as easily as air.

The average length of a South African earthworm is about 6 feet long. The largest one ever found so far was found on a road side in 1967 and was 22 feet long,

Australia is home to the giant Gippsland earthworm, which can grow to some six feet long and can be heard underfoot when it burrows.

Most of North America's earthworms are not native, the native earthworms were killed of by an ice sheet around 10000 years ago. Most earthworms in North America today were descended from those introduced by settlers in the 18th century.

The average fully detached American home has about two tonnes of earthworms crawling through the soil in the yard.

A farmland based on an acre of fertile soil is inhibited by 1,750,000 earthworms.

It was Charles Darwin who told the world about he important function of the earthworm in breaking down leaves and turning earth into fertile soil.

As a child, Charles Dodgson (Lewis Carroll) tried to encourage modern warfare among earthworms by giving them small pieces of clay pipe for weapons.

The North American Bait Company organised a Cooking with Worms competition in 1986. The winner was Earthworm Applesauce Surprise Cake.

Earthworms are 82% protein, pair well with curry and cumin and apparently taste like bacon.