Worms are a huge class of animal kingdom. They, though nasty in appearance, unpleasant in feeling, but very interesting to study. What is interesting, perhaps, many will say.
The longest worm was found in South Africa, its length was more than 6 meters!
In Australia, too, there are long worms – the Australian gypsum grows to 3.5 meters in length and can weigh 0.7 kilograms.
The worm can grow a new tail if it is cut off. But he can never grow a new head.
If the worm’s skin dries, it will die.
The worm is a cold-blooded animal.
On 1 hectare of land there may be more than 10.000.000 worms.
Charles Darwin spent more than 39 years studying worms.
Based on the enzymes of earthworms, detergents, shampoo, toothpaste are made.
In autumn, the activity of worms decreases and feed change is perceived by them more easily than in spring during the peak of activity.
Worms are the type of animal kingdom established by Linnaeus. It is currently obsolete. At the end of the XVIII century was disbanded by zoologists.
Worms include animals with an elongated body with a clearly expressed abdominal and dorsal sides and an anterior and posterior end of the body representing bilateral symmetry.
The worms included all invertebrates, with the exception of most arthropods.
Worms stand at the turn of other, more isolated types of animal kingdom
Currently, worms are grouped in the Primitives section. Worms from this subsection (in the usual sense of the word) can be considered three large types.
