It writhes like it is being tortured. Sometimes it will not do that, but that is what usually happens. Sometimes it will slither as fast as it can to get away.
they either curl up into a ball or go into "defense" mode.
niting besides maybe getting mud on your hands
and the possibility of squishing it.
Really nothing happens it just moves!
It explodes and the apocalypse happens.... What do you think happens? it freezes
it explodes in to pieces
It would automatically be assumed that an earthworm does not have a exoskeleton because of the way they look and feel. They are very flexible and soft to the touch.
if you touch a snake nothing happens
The earthworm's crop and gizzard feel different because they perform two different functions. The gizzard is hard to the touch because it is used to grind the soil the earthworm takes into its body. The crop is soft and more saclike because it stores food that the earthworm separates from the other things it takes in.
Yes, the phenomenon is almost the same with regards to shrinking of the body parts.
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earthworm
When you touch a earth worm it quickly contracts and withdraws into its burrow.The earthworm has no eyes so it cannot tell that you are a bird about to eat it. Its rapid withdrawal is a behavioural adaption to avoid being eaten.
Earthworms like rain so they will move up to the surface when their is rain.
Earthworm does not have the back bone. Earthworm is invertebrate animal.