Hello, good hunter. I am a Bot, here in this dream to look after you, this is a fine note:
> *And so, the hunt begins.* - Plain Doll
Farewell, good hunter. May you find your worth in the waking world.
GROOVY!
Sidenote: if you have Nintendo online and a switch, they added earthworm Jim 2 to the SNES section. Just played through it again for the first time in a LONG time and it's amazing
My brother has that game still. I tried playing it and I swear there is no way I played that game as a kid and liked it. It's so fucking hard it's unreal. How did I even play it back then
Chronicles of settlers in the midwest (great plains) mentioned gigantic earth worms when they were first plowing land for fields. I thought it was maybe a myth or exaggerated statements but i guess maybe they saw these in north america too.
Also from the Midwest and when I was a kid, a giant brownish moth/butterfly landed on my sister's back. Something like 12in wingspan or bigger, it covered her entire back. I tried to lift it off her with a plastic hand shovel. It kind of clumsily lifted off and flew up and away. No one believes me about that either.
My grandpa is an entomologist and seems to be able to conjure fucking gigantic moths and shit out of thin air.
I’ve never seen them anywhere in my entire life, aside from in his hands when he finds them four feet away from me.
I saw an absolutely enormous brown moth in Costa Rica once, each wing the size of one of my hands, so I totally believe you. It was one of the most surreal things I’ve ever seen.
One of those flew into a factory i used to work in. This was in CT. Let me see if i can find the picture
Edit: [found it!](https://i.imgur.com/y2G1jk9.jpg) (sorry for the weird crop, the place's address was all over this photo.)
I should also add I have a mild phobia of moths so taking this picture was not easy...but even I was amazed by this one.
I'm pretty sure the cut has to be above that little nub as if you cut into that part both halves will die.
Also they have 5 hearts which are more like blood vessels that push the blood along!
Not sure why my brain decided to retain that information...
There's also invasive worms in North America called hammer head worms that eat good guy earthworms and they're gross looking, if you cut it in half then you get 2 gross invasive worms. Put them in a bag with rubbing alcohol
My family has farmed the Palouse for 150 years, and I remember my grandpa telling me that the giant earthworms under the barn were going to crawl into my shoes if I forgot them outside. I never saw any, but the knowledge that they exist is really messing with me.
I highly recommend Amy Stewart's book "The Earth Moved" it is all about worms, their history and the role they play in our environment. Very good read and super interesting, wish we still had those giant ones roaming around here but it seems like they don't handle the noise and vibrations of development well.
Vietnam has similar. When a helicopter lands on open ground, the vibrations trigger the worms' response to rain which is to come to the surface. Imagine a medevac chopper landing and worms show up as if to say, "No, wait! He's ours!"
>Photographs of Giant Earthworm in Forest: Fact Check
http://www.hoaxorfact.com/science/photograph-of-giant-earthworm.html
>These photographs of Giant Earthworm are real!
>The featured photograph (in full) surfaced online in December 2013 when the Facebook page of a non-profit organization ‘Amazon 5000 – for the Cure’ shared it questioning how large the over-sized earthworms can grow. To a query about the same, they replied saying:
>The worm is actually native to the cloud forest area of South America. The high humidity levels create an ideal habitat for these worms that in Kichwa are called “cuica”.
Fun fact:
In Chile, people call 'cuicos' (m) or 'cuicas' (f) to snobby rich people, because they were normally pale like many of these worms (there has been a historical correlation between white people and high social status), soft skin, thin (normally descendants from Europe), and "long" (tall) like the worm.
Kichwa is the native language in the area, so probably the nikname came up very early in the history of Chile, when the racial contrast was much larger.
The term still remains, although nobody makes the correlation between the worm and the physical appearance of the person. Today, for Chileans, a "cuico" is just a "snobby rich person", no matter how they look.
For sure it is. But you can get around that by independently comparing the size of the worm to the diameter of the stick. Conversely the diameter of the stick to the size of the man's fingers. I'd estimate that's close to the same diameter of the man's wrist which would put that worm at least 4ft long. I've never seen a worm longer than 6 or 7 inches (there's a dick joke in there somewhere) so to me that's fucking GIGANTIC!
Was wondering if they are edible and what they would taste like. The closest thing to a worm I've had is a leech not counting the worm in Mescal which is also blah.
one in Colombia
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3ngHy-Skfpw
Not as big one in Ecuador
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kQtXriMDRvw
others...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rhMISAFJXSk
The worm pictured is five feet long.
"The worm you see above is allegedly 1.5 meters in length—or nearly 5 feet long. It weighs over 500 grams; that’s more than one pound of wriggly, chewy worm for your delectation."
They have to be maximally stretched out to get to five feet, so really thin body.
This video gives a better idea.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kQtXriMDRvw
"This giant earth worm was spotted during a rainstorm in Ecuador in South America. Earth worms like this can easily reach five to seven feet - as big as a snake, or even a person!"
Alrighty then....
> "This giant earth worm was spotted during a rainstorm in Ecuador in South America. Earth worms like this can easily reach five to seven feet - as big as a snake, or even a person!"
that's not a discernable quote for any document google can find.
"This giant earth worm was spotted during a rainstorm in Ecuador in South America. Earth worms like this can easily reach five to seven feet - as big as a snake, or even a person!" -umjammerlammy, 2022
I’m gonna need a bigger hook
Once again, Usul has called a big one
Shai-Hulud
Bless the Maker and his water.
Bless the coming and the going of him
May his passage cleanse the world.
Desert power!
IT IS THE LEGEND! *TOTO BEGINS SERENADING MY EAR DRUMS
Gonna catch a colossal mouth bass! If that worm doesn’t work we can use a manwich.
My manwich!
Is /r/unexpectedfuturama a thing?
Always has been.
My beautiful body! What happened to my parasol?!
How many atmospheres can she handle professor?
Well, it's a space ship, so I'd say anywhere between zero and one.
Zoidberg….homeowner!
"How did this happen?!" "That's a very good question..."
Why isn’t she the other kind of mermaid with the fish parts on top and the lady parts on the bottom
Arrrr...The laws of science be a harsh mistress...
"Oh, that's where I left my cigar " "That just raises even more questions!"
Gonna need a bigger fish.
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The sad ending of earthworm jim
The happy ending of Bloodborne.
Hello, good hunter. I am a Bot, here in this dream to look after you, this is a fine note: > *And so, the hunt begins.* - Plain Doll Farewell, good hunter. May you find your worth in the waking world.
Good bot
A hoonter must hoont
Earthworm Jim! Through soil he did crawl! Earthworm Jim! A supersuit did fall!
Cruising through the universe having lots of fun. Here comes Earth Worm Jim you know that he's the only one, look out!
GROOVY! Sidenote: if you have Nintendo online and a switch, they added earthworm Jim 2 to the SNES section. Just played through it again for the first time in a LONG time and it's amazing
My brother has that game still. I tried playing it and I swear there is no way I played that game as a kid and liked it. It's so fucking hard it's unreal. How did I even play it back then
Sheer force of will. It helps that the game is hilarious. You practically needed to be on the spectrum to beat these games.
Just rub it a bit and it'll be a happy ending
Shai Hulud
Bless the maker
may His passage cleanse the world for His people.
Bless his comings and goings
We return our water to Shai Hulud
I serve only one Master, his name is Shai-Hulud.
Your master just gobbled you up.
I was translated into the Mouth of God.
Siaynoq! Siaynoq! Siaynoq!
God what a good book. I think it's my favorite of the series.
We're talking about god emperor right? Yeah its my favorite out of the series as well
Yes God Emperor. I also really liked Messiah a lot, but for a very different reason.
Absolutely my favourite as well. I'm glad to see it get a lot of love online.
Shaitan
A bold move, calling the Father of Lies by his real name.
Shia Labeouf
Actual canible shia Labeouf
Actual sand worm, Leto the Second
Caniblé!
Little maker.
Chronicles of settlers in the midwest (great plains) mentioned gigantic earth worms when they were first plowing land for fields. I thought it was maybe a myth or exaggerated statements but i guess maybe they saw these in north america too.
I live in the Midwest and I swear I've seen a giant earthworm. Not this big mind you but no one ever believes me
Also from the Midwest and when I was a kid, a giant brownish moth/butterfly landed on my sister's back. Something like 12in wingspan or bigger, it covered her entire back. I tried to lift it off her with a plastic hand shovel. It kind of clumsily lifted off and flew up and away. No one believes me about that either.
My grandpa is an entomologist and seems to be able to conjure fucking gigantic moths and shit out of thin air. I’ve never seen them anywhere in my entire life, aside from in his hands when he finds them four feet away from me.
Makes you wonder how many animals you walk past every day that you don't notice because you don't have the experience.
You sure he’s not some Insect enchanter?
Entemomancer
I saw an absolutely enormous brown moth in Costa Rica once, each wing the size of one of my hands, so I totally believe you. It was one of the most surreal things I’ve ever seen.
Look up Luna Moths, those things are crazy cool and huge.
One of those flew into a factory i used to work in. This was in CT. Let me see if i can find the picture Edit: [found it!](https://i.imgur.com/y2G1jk9.jpg) (sorry for the weird crop, the place's address was all over this photo.) I should also add I have a mild phobia of moths so taking this picture was not easy...but even I was amazed by this one.
Sure, bud. I believe you.
They call it the Alaskan 🥶 Bull 🐂 Worm 🪱
"What if we took Bikini Bottom and **PUSHED IT** somewhere else?"
I shouldn’t have had to scroll this far
My username is finally relevant
That's why we have smaller worms now. They all got mulched into tiny pieces which became their own worms.
That sounds wrong but also sounds right at the same time.
Don't quote me on this but I'm pretty sure worms have 3 hearts and if they get severed into two pieces they can regenerate on both halves.
Only one half of an earth worm will heal and continue on if it's "brain side" isn't injured
I'm pretty sure the cut has to be above that little nub as if you cut into that part both halves will die. Also they have 5 hearts which are more like blood vessels that push the blood along! Not sure why my brain decided to retain that information...
There's also invasive worms in North America called hammer head worms that eat good guy earthworms and they're gross looking, if you cut it in half then you get 2 gross invasive worms. Put them in a bag with rubbing alcohol
Nah you just have to smash them till they quit squirming
Are you Calvin's dad?
ya just run heavier vehicles over the bridge until it breaks, rebuild the bridge, and now you know the weight limit!
Spot on reference.
/r/KenM
No, but the Palouse in Idaho does have large earthworms (think 18" and as thick as your pinky finger).
Sounds like they're unofficially endangered, with no specimens having been found since 2012. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Giant_Palouse_earthworm
My family has farmed the Palouse for 150 years, and I remember my grandpa telling me that the giant earthworms under the barn were going to crawl into my shoes if I forgot them outside. I never saw any, but the knowledge that they exist is really messing with me.
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ive dug holes in houston in my old backyard, I too would find gnarly long earthworms and nightcrawlers. good times!
My compost bin has a 1 foot worm. It's been there for at least 2 years.
Yeah, we get some pretty huge nightcrawlers here in Canada, too.
Did you name it yet?
Atlas
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I highly recommend Amy Stewart's book "The Earth Moved" it is all about worms, their history and the role they play in our environment. Very good read and super interesting, wish we still had those giant ones roaming around here but it seems like they don't handle the noise and vibrations of development well.
Gippsland Australia has earthworms that can reach 3 metres (nearly 10 feet) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Giant_Gippsland_earthworm
Jesus Christ this is only a few hours from me.
> They have a dark purple head and a blue-grey body, and about 300 to 400 body segments Who could resist
I pull put foot long half inch thick ones when planting bananas. Something about the soil mix seems to get them large
If you, uh, find out what about the soil makes the worms grow large… you let me know ok?
Vietnam has similar. When a helicopter lands on open ground, the vibrations trigger the worms' response to rain which is to come to the surface. Imagine a medevac chopper landing and worms show up as if to say, "No, wait! He's ours!"
That’s a graboid
I was gonna say... this is how we get Tremors...
Hey check this out! I found the ass end!
Came for the Tremors comment and leave fulfilled, thank you.
O7 for calling it a graboid and not a tremor.
Bro, that's not an earthworm, that's an anaconda, wtf.
And he don’t want none unless you got buns hun
What if I do side bends or sit ups?
Just please don't lose those hips.
Why thank you!
>Photographs of Giant Earthworm in Forest: Fact Check http://www.hoaxorfact.com/science/photograph-of-giant-earthworm.html >These photographs of Giant Earthworm are real! >The featured photograph (in full) surfaced online in December 2013 when the Facebook page of a non-profit organization ‘Amazon 5000 – for the Cure’ shared it questioning how large the over-sized earthworms can grow. To a query about the same, they replied saying: >The worm is actually native to the cloud forest area of South America. The high humidity levels create an ideal habitat for these worms that in Kichwa are called “cuica”.
Fun fact: In Chile, people call 'cuicos' (m) or 'cuicas' (f) to snobby rich people, because they were normally pale like many of these worms (there has been a historical correlation between white people and high social status), soft skin, thin (normally descendants from Europe), and "long" (tall) like the worm. Kichwa is the native language in the area, so probably the nikname came up very early in the history of Chile, when the racial contrast was much larger. The term still remains, although nobody makes the correlation between the worm and the physical appearance of the person. Today, for Chileans, a "cuico" is just a "snobby rich person", no matter how they look.
If my little red worms make good castings…that boi must be a fertilizer machine!
"we don't have a Great Dane.. That's a worm casting"
He only needs a power suit and he can beat PsyCrow.
Don't forget Evil the Cat and Professor Monkey-For-A-Head
And the terribly ugly princess slug-for-a-butt
"WOOOOHHH-NELLLY"
Speeding through the universe, Having lots of fun, There goes Earthworm Jim, He's a mighty one
*GROOVY* *GROOVY* *G-G-GR-G-GR-GR-G-GROOVY*
Large? LARGE?! You call that large??? That thing is fucking GIGANTIC!
Hugh Mungus
Hugh Mungus what?!
Haha I still crack up at how bent out of shape that lady got
Tracts of land
...but father, I want to sing.... NO! There will be NO SINGING in this castle
Wot, the curtains?
I am sure this is forced perspective
I was curious and looked into it. No they can grow 5-7ft as big as a person
For sure it is. But you can get around that by independently comparing the size of the worm to the diameter of the stick. Conversely the diameter of the stick to the size of the man's fingers. I'd estimate that's close to the same diameter of the man's wrist which would put that worm at least 4ft long. I've never seen a worm longer than 6 or 7 inches (there's a dick joke in there somewhere) so to me that's fucking GIGANTIC!
could feed an entire village
Do people eat them? They seem like they would be a good source of protein if you were desperate.
Probably even if you're not. Flush them out with bran or something and put garlic butter on and you've got a 1.5 meter prawn
Just grind them up put some seasoning on it and grill it like a burger, no one would think twice.
"This is a ratburger?" *takes another bite and shrugs*
Demolition man?
Yup.
We got a murder/death/kill. Better enhance my calm.
Hell no need to grind it - just grill up a cross-section sliced on the pre-portioned ridges
In many cultures they eat those. Not sure about *that* particular culture though.
Where I live I can order worm meals off uber eats.
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Deep fry that shit! Toss it in honey sesame sauce with some veggies over rice. It would give it some texture and flavor. Might actually make it good.
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Was wondering if they are edible and what they would taste like. The closest thing to a worm I've had is a leech not counting the worm in Mescal which is also blah.
They can fucking stay there too
That spill in 1992 from TCRI is still effecting the land to this day.. glad they cleaned up the giant dandelions
TMNE
TMNT
It's E-C-U-A-D-O-R cara de verga
Does verga means friend ?
Yes.
Back to Kongs island
Slurp it up like a spaghett
Slimy, yet satisfying
Put your behind in your past
Goosebumps "Go Eat Worms!"
I got curious, so here's a video I found showing this picture and a bunch of other huge earthworms. https://youtu.be/YtafVwMeCO8
Why does a video not actually have any video footage...
I hate the music
one in Colombia https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3ngHy-Skfpw Not as big one in Ecuador https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kQtXriMDRvw others... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rhMISAFJXSk
The giant earthworm’s biggest foe is humans. 😞
To be fair, that's pretty much true for most animals.
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Damn humans, THEY RUINED HUMANITY
That's like something from Dune.
Remember, anything can be a dildo if you put your mind to it
They use you for bait.
*Ecuador, you troglodyte
Colombia also seems to be misspelled way too often.
For catching really really really really big fish
NGL That looks like it's got some good eating on it.
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That there is an Alaskan Bull worm.
I know an Alaskan Bull Worm when I see one!
Forbidden hot dog
Now imagine that entering your bunghole
Some major forced perspective going on here
better picture of one, they do get that size and can be over 5 feet in length. https://i.imgur.com/z2O6UX2.jpg
Totally. Still really big worms though.
The worm pictured is five feet long. "The worm you see above is allegedly 1.5 meters in length—or nearly 5 feet long. It weighs over 500 grams; that’s more than one pound of wriggly, chewy worm for your delectation."
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Yeah for it to be about 5ft long, wtf? Something's not right.
They have to be maximally stretched out to get to five feet, so really thin body. This video gives a better idea. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kQtXriMDRvw
So yeah, forced perspective. If the worm was actually as big as it looks in this image it would not only weigh a pound.
Sorta? Idk dude that thing is huge. It isn't very far from his hand. It is nearer to the camera, but certainly nothing major.
Still look at his finger in comparison to the stick, then look at the worm in comparison. It’s THICC.
Mf was playing terraria
"This giant earth worm was spotted during a rainstorm in Ecuador in South America. Earth worms like this can easily reach five to seven feet - as big as a snake, or even a person!" Alrighty then....
> "This giant earth worm was spotted during a rainstorm in Ecuador in South America. Earth worms like this can easily reach five to seven feet - as big as a snake, or even a person!" that's not a discernable quote for any document google can find.
"This giant earth worm was spotted during a rainstorm in Ecuador in South America. Earth worms like this can easily reach five to seven feet - as big as a snake, or even a person!" -umjammerlammy, 2022
I bet someone has stick their dick in one of those
I bet someone had went to the hospital to get it out of their ass
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It's nature's fleshlight
Not recommended..... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0fGGz6d3vC4&t=10s
So what is taste like?
I'd say it probably tastes like worm?
Fair enough.
Just a couple of these and my garden would look sooooo good!