Do Worms Ever Sleep?
I’ve read that 12 nightcrawlers per square foot of soil surface can create about 50 tons of fertilizer per acre. Do these worms ever sleep?
———- from Rand Moorehead of Beverly Hills, MI
No, but they often go on vacation, sometimes as far as thousands of acres away. It depends on their union. Yes, earthworms are unionized, and they vacation on acreage purchased by their unions just to give them somewhere to rest and stop working the soil. As with most unions, the International Brotherhood of Slimefellows is notoriously corrupt and rivalry between grubworms and tumble bugs has resulted in violent turf wars. Troops of neutral grasshoppers were brought in the negotiate a truce, but so far all efforts have proven fruitless. Speaking of fruit, a nudist colony of fruit flies has caused quite a stir in the insect kingdom, resulting in new regulatory committees to study leisure time in insects. I guess life is complicated no matter what your genus.
No, but they often go on vacation, sometimes as far as thousands of acres away. It depends on their union. Yes, earthworms are unionized, and they vacation on acreage purchased by their unions just to give them somewhere to rest and stop working the soil. As with most unions, the International Brotherhood of Slimefellows is notoriously corrupt and rivalry between grubworms and tumble bugs has resulted in violent turf wars. Troops of neutral grasshoppers were brought in the negotiate a truce, but so far all efforts have proven fruitless. Speaking of fruit, a nudist colony of fruit flies has caused quite a stir in the insect kingdom, resulting in new regulatory committees to study leisure time in insects. I guess life is complicated no matter what your genus. 