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7:53 am
July 13, 2009
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alicat
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Researchers are hunting the giant Palouse earthworm on a portion of 2 million acres of rolling wheat fields near the Idaho-Washington border south of Spokane. I guess I can understand why farmers don't comment on finding these earthworms since conservationists want the administration to declare the worm an endangered species. The consequences to 2 million acres of wheat crop income would be devastating to them as well as the food supply chain.
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,531801,00.html?test=latestnews
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9:20 am
July 13, 2009
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Bobarino
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A 6" worm is a far cry from Dune (thankfully), but interesting story nonetheless.
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9:47 am
July 13, 2009
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alicat
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Bobarino,
Agreed but supposedly from what has been seen and reported on in the past, they are much larger and, in all fairness, I did say it was "shades" of Dune and Tremors!  A 6" worm to me is like the earthworms that pop up in my yard after a spring/summer rain storm so I wasn't impressed by that. It is amazing though what they consider "giant".
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11:12 am
July 13, 2009
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Revenant
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alicat said:
A 6" worm to me is like the earthworms that pop up in my yard after a spring/summer rain storm so I wasn't impressed by that. It is amazing though what they consider "giant".
I know that there's a very dirty joke in there somewhere…however, I'm just not going to pull the trigger on it. 
I can see why the farmers are very wary of having a worm listed as an endangered species. However, this worm is found in the wheat fields. Perhaps there is a correlation or a "relationship" between the worms and the wheat. Much more studying needs to be done before any real action is taken.
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11:15 am
July 13, 2009
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blinddog
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alicat,
You don't understand the concept of analytical measuring by sex.
A female scientist may take a ruler and measure the Palouse worm and conclude that it is 6 inches long.
A male scientist will look at the same worm, sans ruler, and say it is 8 to 9 inches long. Giant? Doubtful. But definitely above average.
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12:30 pm
July 13, 2009
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alicat
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Oh why oh why did I ever post this topic?!   Leave it to you Blinddog!
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