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Worms
Worms are soft-bodied invertebrate animals. They are long and often parasitic.
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Worms feed on organic matter in the soil. How deep they go depends on soil conditions such as: how deep they can find a reasonable amount of food, how deep is the water table (no snorkels on worms), how far down can they go without running into hard packed clay or bed rock. As long as they have the basic conditions of life they can survive.
How long does it take for a puppy to rid of worms?
All dogs and puppies should be dewormed. It you actually see the worms in the stools of the dog, you need to deworm it immediately. Take a stool sample to your Veterinarian and get it checked out to see what other internal parasites your pup may have. If the worm looked like spaghetti, then it is roundworms or if it looked like little grains of rice, then it is tapeworms but there are many other kinds too. You can deworm your pup yourself too. Go to a pet store or feedstore and get a dewormer that gets all the worms such as tapes, roundworms, hookworms, etc. Be sure to repeat the deworming in 10-14 days after the first deworming to catch any baby worms that were not caught the first time. It would be best to take your pup in to be checked out by your Veterinarian.
Is an earth worm a vertebrate?
I want to know iff a worm is a vertebrate?
No, it isn't.
No. Vertebrate means having a backbone. Worms do not have bones, therefore, they are invertebrates.
Are fan worms carnivores herbivores of omnivores?
If a fan worm eats dead things in the sea, then it is a decomposer. If it eats bacterica, tiny floating animals, or traps fish and animals, it is a consumer. If the fan worm creates it's own food from the sun, it is a producer.
Where did they get the worms in the book how to eat fried worms?
In the book how to eat fried worms they found the worms by digging them pup in the kids backyard.
How do worms protect their bodies?
How Do Earthworms Protect Themselves? By Dianne Ross L. Laynes
How Do Earthworms Protect Themselves?
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Although earthworms are found all over the world and range in size from the 1-inch type you might see in your yard to the 11-foot Gippsland giant of Australia, they have one thing in common: They are almost completely defenseless. Their enemies are many, from fishermen who use them as live bait to hungry birds to something as simple as a rainstorm. Because it has no defenses like teeth or claws, and because it moves slowly, the earthworm is a fairly easy target.
What earthworms can do is burrow. They have small bristles, known as setae, which are both sensing devices that can identify any soil vibrations and digging aids. The setae stick to dirt and the worm then contracts its body to force itself through soil. The worm also secretes a mucus that helps it slide through dirt more quickly. In fact, to escape the cold of winter or an eager predator, the earthworm can burrow dozens of feet below the surface. Earthworms also are aware of when it's safest to come out of hiding: at night. The only other time you're likely to see earthworms is after a rain. This is not necessarily because of what you may have heard, that the worm is trying to avoid drowning. In fact, an earthworm gets its oxygen through its skin, and can survive several weeks if it is submerged. The more likely reason is that the rain keeps the worm from becoming too dry, as it normally would in sunshine, and allows it a chance to find a mate. The earthworm might also be coming to the surface to move more quickly to colonize new ground or to forage for food during weather when predators are less likely to be out.
If attacked by a predator, a worm can twist about wildly in an effort to free itself, and it might be able to produce an odor that will turn off its attacker. These are last-minute defenses that probably won't work. But there is one other facet of the earthworm that is arguably a protective device: its ability to regenerate. Although not all earthworms have this ability, most can grow back parts of themselves that have been severed. While it is not true that an earthworm cut in half will form two new worms, because most important internal organs are in only one half, the part with those organs can usually regenerate the missing piece.
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What does an inchworm like to eat?
Inchworms eat air
Dalica: Inch Worms don't JUST eat air. They can eat many variates of bark. And also i don't know how an inchworm could get water from underground because I've never heard of them digging, but a GREAT way to get one to drink is by placing individual cups of water on the ground. An inchworm will approach it and drink it, and you will be able to watch as the drop slowly disappears! I have an inchworm myself, and I have been studying it. And I think mold will affect it either.
Hope this helps!
Does a worm have an inside skeleton?
Every species has its own particular specialty or adaptation. There are all sorts of organs and systems that worms do not have; they have no skeletons, no wings, no eyes, no claws, no feathers, and so forth. They are simple organisms that are well adapted to their particular ecological niche. They don't need skeletons.
I think worms live in dirt because they catch their food in the soil. So that is why worms live in dirt.
How do fluke worms get their food?
the same way they got their name by fluking just a joke not actually true I have no clue
How can you tell an earth worm from a round worm?
an earth worm is longer and has more sections of the body in comparisence to a roundworm.
yes they do. Mostly moth's offspring enjoy to be in the folding of fabrics and feast on fabrics.
In graduate school I conducted research on heartworm disease and as a veterinarian I deal with it frequently, so I can provide a detailed response to this question.
There are both male and female heartworms (Dirofilaria immitis) which live in the heart and pulmonary vessels. The adult heartworms mate and, unlike many other parasites, which produce eggs, heartworms produce live offspring called microfilariae (singular form microfilaria). The microfilariae are NOT infective rather they have to undergo an obligatory developmental phase in a mosquito.
When a mosquito takes a blood meal from a heartworm-infected dog, it will draw in some microfilariae from the bloodstream. The microfilariae undergo changes in form inside the mosquito until it becomes an L3 (third stage larval form), which is the infective form. This typically takes 14 days or longer. When the mosquito takes another blood meal and injects the L3 heartworms into the skin of a dog (or cat). In 3-4 days, while in the skin, the larvae undergo another change in form to become an L4. Over the ensuing 2-3 months, they migrate to the heart/pulmonary vessels and gradually develop into the adult form. Approximately 6-7 months following the initial infection (when the L3s were injected into the skin) the adult worms are mature, begin mating and produce microfilariae.
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More informationThey come to the surface as a response to high relative humidity after rain because they can move around safely without drying out. Some people believe this is an evolutionary response satisfying the need to disperse. But it is more simple than that.Earthworms don't have lungs, they take in oxygen through their skin.
Underground they get oxygen from the air found between loose bits of soil. But when it rains, the air spaces fill up with water ( water can not hold as much oxygen as air ).
Earthworms can still get some oxygen from the water, But it soon runs out. So the earthworms crawl above ground. Above ground they get fresh air while they wait for the ground to dry. Some stay too long and dry out.
They can live up to two weeks under water as long as there is enough oxygen dissolved in the water
Oxygen dissolves into a mucous coating on a worm's skin then passes through the skin and into blood vessels. The skin must be moist for the oxygen to pass, that is why they wait until it rains.
There can be as many as a million earthworms under an acre of soil
What are three ways Marine worms move?
Marine worms may breathe through their skin or through the soft, feather appendages they have. They get their oxygen directly from the water.
Where can you get information on the round worm?
The followings links have a variety of information for humans and animals referring to round worm - you can always google round worm to find any additional information: http://www.wilburyvets.co.uk/helpinfo_dog_worms.htm http://www.cks.library.nhs.uk/clinical_summary/roundworm.pdf
