• Question: How big do earthworms grow?

    Asked by bartra to Mark on 24 Jun 2013.
    • Photo: Mark Hodson

      Mark Hodson answered on 24 Jun 2013:

      Hi bartra,

      some can get really large – there is one in Australia that gets to be over 1 m in size.
      You can see a video at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uO4lkv-jLRs

      However, these are the exception. In the UK the largest earthworms get up to, say 20 cm or so long.

      cheers

      m

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