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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.

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Q: What are two ways in which an earthworms body is adapted to life in the soil?
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How is an earthworms body adapted to soil?

My gosh they need the soil to survive it feeds and burrows in it and also protects the soil it is a critical procedure.


How are worms specially adapted for life in the soil?

worms are adapted in soil because their body temperature can with stand the temperature in the soil(since their body takes in moisture to live).


How do earthworms setea make it well adapted to it habitat?

it sticks to the soil.


What are two ways in which an earthworm's body is adapted to life in soil?

An earthworm's body is adapted to life in the soil by having a slender body and by digesting soil. The long body makes it easier to burrow. Also, by just digesting the soil and passing it through the anus the worm can get nourishment while just moving.


What is soil that has passed through an earthworms body?

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What are Ways in which an earthworm's body is adapted life in the soil?

It has a cylindrical shape - making movement though the soil easier. Each body segment also has tiny hairs on it - these lodge in the soil - giving it something to 'push' against.


How is an earthworms digestive system adapted for extracting small amounts of food and large amounts of soil?

you people better figure it out or else......


How do earthworms make soil healthy?

Earthworms make soil healthy by going underground


Why is earthworms good for the soil?

Because earthworms eat just about every other organism in the soil.


Does soil reproduce?

No, but the earthworms in the soil reproduces.


Why are earthworms needed for soil?

they fertilize the soil


What would happen if earthworms went extinct?

If all the earthworms disappeared from a lawn, more earthworms would come in. But, if your question is that what would happen if earthworms would no longer live in a lawn, then the lawn would become less fertile, because earthworms keep the soil good.