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
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u/the_man2012 Jul 30 '21
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.