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This news is a little old, but irregardless, it creeps me out (most likely due to the subject itself). From the BBC:
Earthworms form herds and make “group decisions”,
scientists have discovered.The earthworms use touch to
communicate and influence each other’s behaviour, according to research
published in the journal Ethology.By doing so the worms
collectively decide to travel in the same direction as part of a single
herd.The striking behaviour, found in the earthworm Eisenia
fetida, is the first time that any type of worm, or annelid, has
been shown to form active herds.
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This information on how earth worms behave is very fascinating. Thanks for sharing.