Wormnato

[kitler53]

https://www.livescience.com/squirming-worm-tornado-new-jersey.html

A resident of Hoboken, New Jersey was out for a morning walk in a park near the Hudson River on March 25, when she spotted hundreds of worms spread along the walkway. The woman, who asked not to be identified, told Live Science that after her initial surprise she noticed something even more bizarre — a number of the worms had formed a cyclone-like shape, creating a spiral where the edge of the grass met the concrete. 

Worms breathe through their skin, so when heavy or persistent rain saturates the soil with water, the worms must tunnel to the surface or risk drowning, according to the University of Wisconsin–Madison. Earthworms are typically solitary, but they sometimes form herds when they're on the surface . The worms collect in groups and communicate with each other about where to move, researchers reported in 2010 in the International Journal of Behavioural Biology. 

The scientists in that study found that earthworms in the species Eisenia fetida would form clusters and "influence each other to select a common direction during their migration," and they did so using touch rather than chemical signals. This collective behavior could help earthworms survive environmental threats, such as flooding or arid soil, and it could also be a defense strategy against predators or pathogens, according to the study.

[Legend]

Well that's a funky thing to see.

[kitler53]

Well that's a funky thing to see.

i thought you'd like it.   "wormnato" oversells it a bit but it did get me to click the link in the first place.

[Legend]

i thought you'd like it.   "wormnato" oversells it a bit but it did get me to click the link in the first place.

I was worried a bot was posting gibberish  

[kitler53]

I was worried a bot was posting gibberish  

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[darkknightkryta]

I'd cry if I saw that.  I don't like touching worms.