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Details about earthworm

Answer» \huge\text{\underline{\underline{Earthworm:}}}


⚫The skin of earthworm is brown due to the presence of porphyrin pigment and protects and the earthworm from UV radiations.


⚫Earthworms are known by several names such as:

=> \text{Night\:crawlers}

=> \text{Rain\:worms}

=> \text{<klux>FISHING</klux>\:worms}


\text{\underline{\underline {1.\:Night\:crawlers:}}}


⚫As they come out of their burrows only at night for feed and to breed etc.


\text{\underline{\underline{2.\:Rain\:worms:}}}


⚫They leave the burrows at day TIME if the burrows are flooded with rain.

⚫So, they appear on ground surface after rain.


\text{\underline{\underline{3.\:Fishing\:worms:}}}


⚫They are ALSO used as fish bait, so known as fishing worms.

⚫They are known as "fussorial ANIMALS" because they live in self-made burrows.


\text{\underline{NOTE:}}

Some tribals USE earthworms for curing bladder stones, jaundice, piles, diarrhoea etc.


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