Earthworm facts: their poop is pretty legit | Animal Fact Files

In North America, earthworms are an invasive species. They were brought over with colonizers thinking the worms would benefit the soil in the "new world." While earthworms can be quite helpful to the ground in which they live, they can also cause problems in certain ecosystems such as large northern forests that grew for years without the presence of these worms. Love them or hate them, earthworms are a large part of the ground beneath our feet. There are over 6,000 classified earthworm species as of the posting of this video. Earthworms are segmented worms and hermaphroditic, though they still need to mate with one another in order to reproduce. Some ideas would have people believe earthworms can regrow if split in pieces, but generally speaking they don't have the kind of regenerative properties as flatworms. Scientific Name: Order - Opisthopora Range: cosmopolitan Diet: soil Size: a few inches to over a foot (30.5cm) Lifespan: 5+ years You can learn more on: Twitter - https://twitter.com/animalfactfiles Facebook - https://facebook.com/animalfactfiles --- We always do what we can to be as accurate as possible but we're only human; if you catch a mistake please let us know and provide a link for verification! --- All images, videos and sound effects used herein are 1) public domain, 2) used under a Creative Commons license*, 3) used with the express permission of the copyright holder, or 4) used under the parameters of Fair Use law. Credits via Flickr: Gilles San Martin - https://www.flickr.com/photos/sanmartin/4482502155 Gabriel González - https://www.flickr.com/photos/gaby1/6524851025 schizoform - https://www.flickr.com/photos/schizoform/93957289 Peter O'Connor - https://www.flickr.com/photos/anemoneprojectors/27416962652 Brian Gratwicke - https://www.flickr.com/photos/briangratwicke/17305005820 Ryan Hodnett - https://www.flickr.com/photos/ryanhodnett/27846525372 Squeezyboy - https://www.flickr.com/photos/squeezyboy/82103077 Pavel Kirillov - https://www.flickr.com/photos/pasha_k/15765621125/ Credits via Wiki Users: KDS4444 - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Earthworm#/media/File:Earthworm_head.svg Beentree - https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Earthworm_klitellum_copulation_beentree.jpg Websites used for research collection: http://kids.nationalgeographic.com/animals/earthworm/#earthworm_1_closeup.jpg http://www.ecowatch.com/10-interesting-facts-about-earthworms-1881871982.html http://news.nationalgeographic.com/2016/11/earthworms-england-largest-heaviest/ http://www.sas.upenn.edu/~rlenet/Earthworms.html http://www.nationalgeographic.com/animals/invertebrates/c/common-earthworm/ http://animals.mom.me/list-types-earthworms-6416.html http://www.livescience.com/38371-two-worms-worm-cut-in-half.html http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/special/metro/urban-jungle/pages/130604.html *you can find information about all the different types of CC licenses here: https://creativecommons.org/ **changes were made to the original Transcript: alugha Click here to see more videos: https://alugha.com/AnimalFactFiles

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