Earthworm Dissection

Paul

Earthworms are found everywhere: parks, forests, rivers, and trees. More of them are found in moist, wet environments. They are usually found in burrowed deep in the dirt during the winter season and rise up the top of the soil once summer hits.

Earthworms eat leaves, animal fecal matter, dirt and dead grass as well, for it provides all the nutrients necessary for them.

Earthworms do not have lungs and thus they breathe through their skin; that’s why earthworms need to be an environment where their skin can be moist at all times. That is how they are able to breathe oxygen.

Fun Fact: Earthworms eat so much that they produce waste that is equal to their own weight every 24 hours!