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The Various Species of Earthworms and Their Differences – Part 3: The Giants
Welcome to the third and potentially final installment of a series of articles we have written on the various earthworms and their differences. If you have not read the first two articles, we covered the common earthworm, the Asian jumping worm, and more. In this installment, we will be focusing on some particularly fantastic earthworms, mainly those of the giant variety. We use the term ‘giant’ loosely. Our readers need not fear running into a worm the size of those in ‘Dune’, but relative to other earthworms (and worms in general) these guys are nonetheless pretty big.
3 Foot Worms
The most recent sighting of a giant Palouse earthworm was confirmed in 2005. The Palouse was spotted by a University of Idaho researcher. Seventeen years earlier, in 1988, the worm was spotted by another scientist.
Worlds Largest Worm
This means, the Gippsland rarely leaves its wet underground labyrinth. According to the Museum of Victoria, it is only found in the Bass River Valley of South Gippsland, in an area of about 100,000 hectares bounded by the towns of Loch, Korumburra and Warragul.