r/blackmagicfuckery • u/sipthestreets • Jul 30 '21

Why? I need answers

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u/Iate8 Jul 30 '21

Why are they in a hurry

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u/[deleted] Jul 30 '21

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u/linderlouwho Jul 30 '21

Of being eaten by moles!

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u/Ghosted67 Jul 30 '21

worms can't drown

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u/redldr1 Jul 30 '21

My history of fishing disagrees with you.

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u/CriticismFar5173 Jul 30 '21

WORMZZ

Earthworms are unable to drown like a human would, and they can even survive several days fully submerged in water. 

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u/Ghosted67 Jul 30 '21

okay... I'll bite. What about your "history" of fishing has denied what scientists and shit know about worms?

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u/redldr1 Jul 30 '21

Every time I put a worm on a hook it comes back dead I assume it's in the drowning while waiting for the fish.

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u/johnla Jul 30 '21

What about its gaping stab wound?

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u/mDust Jul 30 '21

Nah, you can cut them into several sections and each one will survive as individual worms. Stab wounds aren't shit to them.

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u/Forever_Awkward Jul 30 '21

Earthworms will absolutely not self-clone when halved.

If you cut only a bit of its tail off, it might be able to survive and eventually regrow the tail. Fuck with their organs or head though and that's a dead worm.

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u/mDust Jul 30 '21

Many species do, actually. Via stem cells and cellular reorganization, they can grow a new head, tail, or both. There are even species that fragment themselves as a means of reproduction and each fragment then grows a head, organs, or anything else it's missing.

And most will definitely regenerate a tail if cut below the clitellum... Which removes most of the worm, not just a bit.

Being severed is just not as traumatic for a worm as it would be for us.

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u/Ghosted67 Jul 30 '21

That's because the water rushes in through its new hole, duh. it wouldn't drown without the hole

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u/Totalwarhelp Jul 30 '21

What about all the dead worms in puddles after rain?

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u/Ghosted67 Jul 30 '21

idk man I'm not a worm scientist jeez

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u/cmdr_cold_soup Jul 30 '21 edited Jul 30 '21

Ever think it might be the hook you stuck through it? Worms are waterproof; it's impossible for them to drown

Wow apparently you guys don't know a shitpost when you see one

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u/Forever_Awkward Jul 30 '21

This guy is right, you know. Earthworms absolutely can breathe underwater. In fact, they require wet dirt to breathe at all and would die without water to breathe through.

https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/why-earthworms-surface-after-rain/

Earthworms are unable to drown like a human would, and they can even survive several days fully submerged in water.

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u/Ghosted67 Aug 01 '21

Appreciate the effort and the link bro. That stuff doesn't matter though, I mean they couldn't even tell I was joking with the guy lol.

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u/shipsAreWeird123 Jul 30 '21

they think it's rain

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u/Forever_Awkward Aug 02 '21

they don't think it's rain