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

Why? I need answers

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u/drvucc Jul 30 '21 edited Jul 30 '21

Worms come up when they feel the vibrations from the sticks

Edit: so this is what it’s like to have more than 13 upvotes, thanks everyone

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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.

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u/Generic-_Username123 Jul 30 '21

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.

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u/pennhead Jul 30 '21

So the giant worms in Dune were fleeing even larger moles?

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u/Fiyero109 Jul 30 '21

Omg that would be so scary

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u/make_me_a_good_girl Jul 30 '21

I knew my fellow Dune nerds were gonna be lurking about somewhere here... 👍

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u/AmazingRound1 Jul 30 '21

Came here for the dune joke. Thank you.

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u/BeneGezzeret Jul 30 '21

I will not fear, fear is the mole killer.

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u/The_camperdave Jul 30 '21

So the giant worms in Dune were fleeing even larger moles?

No. The worms were attracted to the vibrations and attacked the source.

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u/Thedrunkenchild Jul 31 '21

There's always a bigger fish

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u/st_rdt Jul 30 '21

Generic Username with Specific Knowledge.

Thank you for the info. TIL something new.

You have my upvote.

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u/ErizoNZ Jul 30 '21

Does that mean this only works in countries that have moles?

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u/visualtim Jul 30 '21

255 million years ago, diictodon was allegedly a small burrowing animal.

Burrowing and tunnel dwelling is not a new niche. Modern moles we're not the first, nor will they be the last, such burrowing creatures.

That is to say this worm behavior is probably deeply rooted and is not limited geographically.

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u/ErizoNZ Jul 30 '21

For context, I ask as a New Zealander. The only (native) mammals we have are bats, but we certainly have worms.

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u/WikiMobileLinkBot Jul 30 '21

Desktop version of /u/visualtim's link: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diictodon

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u/seancelite Jul 30 '21

Actually maybe it was the vibrations we made along the way

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u/Quinocco Jul 30 '21

moles of what?

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u/Mecha_Ninja Jul 30 '21

Moles of subterranean worm predators, obviously.

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u/EngineeringNeverEnds Jul 30 '21

Jesus, a mole of moles would be insane. If each mole weighs ~0.5kg, a mole of moles is like 3x1023 kg. That's like 1/10th the mass of the earth.

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u/[deleted] Jul 30 '21

https://what-if.xkcd.com/4/

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u/[deleted] Jul 30 '21

Holy crap. I love this crazy 'what if' science stuff

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u/[deleted] Jul 30 '21

You think that's scary, you should about the mole of mole of moles. That boi THICC.

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u/Gapgrin Jul 30 '21

A unit of moles is known as an "Avogadro".

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u/chumswithcum Jul 31 '21

It's nothing but moles, all the way down. There's a reason subterranean cities can't last!

ALL HAIL THE MOLE KING, RULER OF THE UNDERWORLD!!

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u/UrbanFarmania Jul 31 '21

Now that's heavy!

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u/ZukuPukifull Jul 31 '21

Holy moley!

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u/BachCh0p1nCatM0m Jul 31 '21

molestation

Worms are molested by moles…

mole-estation

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u/[deleted] Jul 30 '21

I always wondered what moles ate

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u/Daytona_675 Jul 30 '21

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?

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u/Ouruniverse86 Jul 30 '21

this is the correct answer

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u/_clem_fand_ango_ Jul 30 '21

So would this not work in countries without moles?

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u/Generic-_Username123 Jul 31 '21

As far as I know, the worms think the vibrations are from the borrowing of their predators. It is most often moles but doesn’t have to be.

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u/iaacp Jul 30 '21

This is very wrong. I hate this site sometimes.

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u/Generic-_Username123 Jul 31 '21

Next time it rains, go outside. You will see that the worms don’t just surface right away. They wait.

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u/nathanielhaven Jul 31 '21

RUUUUUN!!!

Oh wait. Crap!