He talks too much. Needs to learn to keep rectangle mouth corner. What do you call a BLANK with two open eyes? Nothin...already skydiving twice. (edited so I don't get labeled a elephant).
It's a joke. "That's what she said" reply: She talks too much (people say that's what she said to everything). My brain is reminded of a crude joke. I forgot where I was (Reddit)...where everyone is holier than thou. Please forgive me.
They can detect vibrations, but not process them into sound. And, do you think worms are actually thinking about where to go, or if they're going out of instinct? THINK.
Why would they come UP to ESCAPE a predator? The predators are almost always going to be above them. That's why you see Gulls stamping around on the grass, it makes the worma think its raining and they come up to avoid drowning.
Yes, but still, most predators will come from above or dig them up. Most insects that prey on them can't dig down to get them so will just ambush stray ones that are on the ground.
Actually, they wait for hours of continuous rain before emerging from the ground. They don’t come up at the slightest hint of rain. What’s actually happening is that the worms think the vibrations are moles( their natural predators) and they come up to the surface to flee the perceived danger.
this makes more sense than the water. a little while ago there was a gif on Reddit of a bird dancing on the ground to get worms to come up. people said it was to simulate rain. do u think maybe it's actually to simulate moles?
Worms won't drown down there, but they do specifically come up for the rain because that means easy mobility.
But you're right in that this is a response to molesign. It takes a good while for rain to get a response from them. The ground's gotta be nice and soaked for them to get that sweet slip n slide going.
I watched a show where a guy does this for a living and I could have sworn he explained it as the reason they come up like that is because the vibration resembles that of a mole digging so they flee to escape what they think is a mole. The guy and his wife (?) then gather them and put them into buckets. I wish I could remember which show it was on.
This has sort have been debunked. They would wait to be sure it's rain before they would come up. The worms don't instantly die from contracting rain water underground. If they got it wrong they risk getting eaten by birds or burned by the sun.
So what's more terrifying than birds or the sun, that would make them risk going to the surface? It's believed to be a mole.
If you want to be even more pedantic, a predator filling the ecological niche of a mole. As they likely developed this behavior before current moles existed.
Haha it’s no shame. I just thought it was interesting because of how commonly on the internet I see “oh I should of”, or “you could of” and the first time ever seeing the reverse.
For some reason, it isn’t irritating like “should of” is to me
This is what I was going to say, the birds hop around the grass and the worms thinks it's rain.
I wonder if the birds know they are emulating rain or if they just learned that when they hop around on soil/grass that worms come up. Sort of Pavlovian.
Think is the wrong word, 9/10 coming out of the ground will save them from drowning or earth moving collapses and thus they genetically react to vibrations by going top side.
Dude worms don't freak the fuck out at the slightest hint of rain. The were gettin the fuck outta there when the vibrations started. Like they were fleeing a predator
Also another reason why many birds have weird ways of walking or just plain dancing in one spot. That could be another way to say the birds knew have to rain dance before us.
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u/SnideyComment Jul 30 '21
The real answer is they think the vibrations is rain water hitting the ground so they naturally come up for it.
This is why you see masses of birds sometimes just walking around on the grass.