python-like earthworm, holding by hand

[REAL]

I wonder what the biggest earthworm in the world would be like....



30ft.....more?!?!?

 

[beetleman]

the worms that live in the sea,can get up to 100 ft or more,the ribbon worms,and there even others aswell.

 

[cacoseraph]

i bet that would feel really cool to play with. night crawlers feel weird. i think maybe they are annelida and i am feeling their hairs?

 

[Tleilaxu]

Shai-hulud!!

blessed is the maker and his passing

LOL LOL LOL! Blessed be the maker and his water, blessed be his passing, and a bunch of other stuff I cannot recall.

There is one giant worm "down under" that grows over six feet, and can actually bite. Its latin name is Megascolides australis

 

[Tim Benzedrine]

I did a google image search for that species. Here is one result.

I guess they are good to use for these.

 

[radjess331]

id love to catch a catfish like that.

 

[Mr. Mordax]

Really awesome on the "oh gross" factor there :clap:.

But, uh, isn't this wonder pretty spineless? :?

 

[Tleilaxu]

Really awesome on the "oh gross" factor there :clap:.

But, uh, isn't this wonder pretty spineless? :?

They have spines, but not backbones LOL

 

[beetleman]

id love to catch a catfish like that.

i think a catfish like that would love to catch you those are some huge massive cats.

 

[Anita]

I would hate to see your sidewalks when it rains.

If i found a worm that size in my garden i would never leave the house again, i'm terrified of them, sad and pathetic i know especially as i love snakes. Most people have phobia's about spiders not me its the common earthworm, but i
blame my older brother and sister for that as they shut me in a rabbit hutch when i was only 3yrs old and put lots of them in with me and told me they were going to eat me or something and i have never been able to go near them since. I'm that bad i can't even step over one i have to walk around it and i never walk across wet grass, my worst fear is having a bird drop one on me.

 

[mr.wilderness]

Heh heh, they dont have spines (unless the "spines" referred to are the bristle-like setae that run the length of the worm and are used for locomotion) OR a backbone, just a hydrostatic skeleton If Megascolides australis can bite, it must not hurt very much because I always see pics of people holding them..

 

[Mr. Mordax]

I mentioned it being spineless 'cause it was in the wrong forum. :8o

 

[Tleilaxu]

(unless the "spines" referred to are the bristle-like setae that run the length of the worm and are used for locomotion)

Those were the spines I was refering to, also spine and backbone can be used interchangeibly(sp)....

LOL@IHEARTMANTIDS. Its Ok I was just playing...