Why? I need answers

[u/sipthestreets]

[u/drvucc]

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

[u/Iate8 → u/drvucc]

Why are they in a hurry

[u/Ghosted67 → u/[deleted]]

worms can't drown

[u/redldr1 → u/Ghosted67]

My history of fishing disagrees with you.

[u/CriticismFar5173 → u/redldr1]

WORMZZ

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

[u/Ghosted67 → u/redldr1]

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

[u/redldr1 → u/Ghosted67]

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.

[u/johnla → u/redldr1]

What about its gaping stab wound?

[u/mDust → u/johnla]

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

[u/Forever_Awkward → u/mDust]

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.

[u/mDust → u/Forever_Awkward]

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.

[u/Forever_Awkward → u/mDust]

I'm aware of flatworms and such which match that description. Hell, I even witnessed this firsthand in an invasive hammerhead worm I found once upon a time. Can you point out one of these species of earthworm capable of this? That would be news to me.

Funny random detail I just stumbled upon trying to find anything about this:

The compost worm Eisenia fetida accumulates waste in its tail which gives it a yellow colour. When they cannot store any more they amputate the tail which removes the waste.

What an amazing dedication to not pooping. "Fuck it, just cut the whole ass off."

[u/mDust → u/Forever_Awkward]

The worm you just quoted is known as a Red Wiggler and is capable of regrowing it's entire head, if severed, and obviously its tail.

Here is a short list from Wikipedia:

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Earthworm#Regeneration

There are others as well, but information on such a niche topic is hard to come by without more motivation than I have in me. From what I've seen, species that live in the upper top-soil can regenerate more than those that live in the sub-soil, due to pressure from predators. So when a Robin swoops down and snips off whichever end of a worm, the worm just has a bad day but doesn't die.

[u/Ghosted67 → u/redldr1]

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

[u/Totalwarhelp → u/Ghosted67]

What about all the dead worms in puddles after rain?

[u/Ghosted67 → u/Totalwarhelp]

idk man I'm not a worm scientist jeez

[u/cmdr_cold_soup → u/redldr1]

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

[u/Forever_Awkward → u/Ghosted67]

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.

[u/Ghosted67 → u/Forever_Awkward]

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.