Why do earthworms come out in the rain?

Answer 1

Their underground 'homes' are flooded when it rains, making it unsafe for them to stay in there. they go out until most of the water has receded.

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its also a great opportunity to meet women, err females. now which explanation came first is an egg and chicken question Actually, worms don't drown, as they don't have lungs or breath like mammals. In fact, the way the breathe requires that their skin be quite moist. The real answer is the 2nd, they come out to reproduce. To mate ----------------------------------------------------- Check out the link below

Answer 2

Worm come out when it rains because... they can! Ignore what other people say which probably is "they'll drown when their holes fill up with water." This isn't true, worms need water or wet earth to survive. Worms can't drown, and they only come up when its warm out when they are trying to escape a predator. A worm in the water

Answer 3

Their underground 'homes' are flooded when it rains, making it unsafe for them to stay in there. they go out until most of the water has receded. Actually, worms don't drown, as they don't have lungs or breath like mammals. In fact, the way the breathe requires that their skin be quite moist. The real answer is the 2nd, they come out to reproduce.

Answer 4

To avoid drowning in the saturated earth.

Actually its so they can mate, they wouldn't drown

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Answer 5

Earthworms lack lungs and rely on oxygen diffusing through their skin to "breathe" When it rains the ground fills with water and keeps oxygen from getting down to the earthworms, so they come to the surface to get to the oxygen that they need.

Answer 6

Worms come out of there tunnels when it rains because...... they can! Ignore what many people say which is "they'll drown". This is not true. Worms need moist soil and slime to survive! If you put a worm in a body of water he won't drown. If it is not raining or moist the worm will dry up.

Answer 7

Worms live underground. Unfortunately, the ground tends to soak up water when it rains, flooding the homes of the worms. They come out on sidewalks, because if they stayed in their homes, they would drown.

Answer 8

That their communication, residential, and transportation networks get flooded is the reason why worms emerge from the ground during rainfall events. Worms live and move in underground tunnels whose air, moisture, and nutrient pore spaces fill up as precipitation filters downward through the soil.

Answer 9

the rain floods their homes and they all come out which is also a great oppertunity for them to find that significant other and mate

Answer 10

some people think it is because they need moisture to breathe and the little amount of light from the sun confuses them