I promised you a special video, and here it is!
Whilst rapidly digging holes for the planting of 75 garlic cloves the other day, worms started just pouring out of the ground! I decided to replicate this strange phenomenon for your video, though it was difficult to predict where the worms would rise, and there were much fewer worms (presumably because it had rained less and the soil was more dry). This is the result, and to make up for poor quality I added music to express the worm's mood. Enjoy! :)
According to the internet, "fiddling for worms" is a type of vibration that brings worms to the surface. Usually it involves putting a post in the ground, and then sawing across the top of it. Two species of bird and turtle are known to stomp the ground with their feet to draw up the worms. It used to be assumed that worms thought the vibrations were moles (which LOVE worms) and so they tried to escape above ground, but in places that have no mole-like creatures (like parts of Ireland), worms present the same behavior. Worms are really fascinating creatures... to me, at least! :)
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