Earthworms Mating
Something you don’t see every day…earthworms mating. Because earthworms have both male and female reproductive organs, when they have sex, they have double the fun.
Once two worms find each other they line themselves up side by side, with the head of one near the tail of the other. They press tightly together, and both worms excrete sperm packets from their male pores. The partner worms receive each other’s packets and store them in their female pores.
Not only do they double the fun this way, they double their offspring making potential.
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And those “collars” just back of their heads are then slipped off like a T-shirt. Those are the eggs. af
Hmm, so maybe it’s better to BE a worm than to merely HAVE one…
But how to find out?
When I first saw it in my back yard I though it was some animal poop. Looking closer, I realized what it was. Had to send it to Kym for her site. Lucky damn worms, gotta love morning sex
Banana slugs have a similar “arrangement”; so what’s the correct pronoun for these efficient critters?
It, they, them, those, their…and one more I can’t bring myself to print. af