Yuck Worm Info

These yucky facts are straight to you from the Yucky Web Site.

		There are approximately 2,700 different kinds of earthworms.
		In just one acre there can be over a million earthworms
		Many of the earthworms we can find in North America are descendents from those which came from Europe.
		Baby worms are not born, but hatch from cocoons smaller than a grain of rice.

		The Australian Gippsland Earthworm grows to 12 feet long and can weigh 1½ pounds.
		The largest earthworm ever found was in South Africa and measured 22 feet from its nose to the tip of it's tail.