LARGEST WORMS IN THE WORLD
An e , -dition into Gippsland, Vietoria, has been eolleeting giant eartli orms i M egaseolides Australis) for the niversitv of Calit'ornian and thi iiothampstead Agrieulture Ktation in hlngland for seientilie study. These worms are by far the largest in tlie world and wlien they were ilis eovereil bv survei'ors tliey were ti'iought to be snakes. Thev are able to streteh to 11 feet, whieh is double their length, and thev are about three quarters of an ineh in diameter. The\ i peeuliar gurgiing noises when t. •- are burrowing. - letimes tliey go. down six feet, but in ut't weather are near the surfai'e. Ko okahu rras are the onlv birds whieh e i't them and thev are ailepts at easing tliem out of the ground wliole, for the} break easilv. Fut Kngland and Amoriea will noi »••• tlieni alive. They live onlv a few days out of their native ear'h and as thev shrivel when tliey are dead, they will b * paeked in glass rods eontaining fornialin. A hui h of eggs will go, too — horny, brownish "'reen tliings three inehes long.
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Chronicle (Levin), 31 July 1947, Page 5
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185LARGEST WORMS IN THE WORLD Chronicle (Levin), 31 July 1947, Page 5
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