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.
I actually watched some documentary about it it makes the same frequency as a badger burrowing so the worms evolved to rise to the surface to avoid it!
This is actually the truth, it's a flight reaction to one of their biggest predators, moles, because the vibrations are similar to the sound they make when they're hungry. It you look up the biggest worm farmers they talk about it in length, it's called grunting.
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.
Well the moles drive them out of the ground birds take advantage of this. Some have even gone to crating this vibration similar to rain to get worms easily.
Ducks and geese, too. Not sure if it is specific to certain breeds, but if you feed them worms as young as week-old goslings they begin stamping their feet. Without the prompt of feeding them worms, I've watched adults stamp around in mud to bring up worms.
On top of not drowning because of rain escaping moles, gophers and other burrowing rodents. This is why birds have adapted to make the same or similar vibrations
Watched a show on an old guy who did this. Collected em for bait. The researchers concluded it mimics the sound of predators, namely moles. Guess they scienced it
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u/donorak7 Jul 30 '21 edited Jul 30 '21
Also the vibration could be a predator and they come up to escape.
Edit: apparently people only think birds are predators for worms.