2006-12-22 03:04:40 · 14 answers · asked by Anonymous in Science & Mathematics ➔ Zoology
the majority of these people are correct, the rain is absorbed into the earth, and the worms can't get any oxygen, all the air pockets in the dirt are depleted when the rain soaks into the ground, so they "climb" their way to the surface for more oxygen, and to find a more dry location, but not to get clean or anything retarded like that.
2006-12-22 07:23:38 · answer #1 · answered by Emie86 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I'm pretty sure that they have a high risk of drowning while the ground is full of water. To escape they surface and try to wait out the storm. Some of them would then end up in puddles and drown, while the survivors would head back down when the rain stopped. So the worms you see would be the ones that got caught in puddles. Just a guess, though.
2006-12-22 04:09:33 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Because the water saturates the earth and makes it hard for them to live. They need oxygen and have to come out for it when it rains really heavily. They need some moisture though that's why you find them in moist areas when it isn't raining, they are very beneficial to gardens because they eat and sluff off casings which is very beneficial to plants. They also provide oxygen and aireate the soil in gardens which helps plants also. Good little creatures.
2006-12-22 03:14:22 · answer #3 · answered by MISS-MARY 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Just a theory buit I think it might be because of the effect of water on soil. If the soil turns to mud due to rain the worms can't breath underground. (Air pockets in soil, none in mud) Therefore they come to the surface to avoid underground complications.
2006-12-22 03:08:08 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
because their being washed out by the rain
the soil their in is flooded
and they can't come out when it's sunny
because the sun dries them up
2006-12-22 03:13:40 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
because they favor to respire, and at the same time as their tunnels fill with rainwater, they could't breathe anymore. so as that they ought to get out, gasping (I imagine ;-) for air. obviously a number of them overdo it and get to a procedures out on difficult surfaces, the position they dry out at the same time as the solar comes out, continually a sorry sight i detect...
2016-12-01 02:12:43 · answer #6 · answered by ? 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Probably because the rainwater saturates the earth and would suffocate them. Normaly, with dry earth, there is enough air pockets for them to breathe.
Just a guess... *shrug*
2006-12-22 03:06:57 · answer #7 · answered by cSc 2 · 1⤊ 1⤋
worm need to stay moist as soon as they dry out they die,,,, thats why only when it rains they surface
2006-12-22 03:07:05 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
So they can wash the dirt off of them.
2006-12-22 03:06:30 · answer #9 · answered by Brina 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
i believe it is because the water forces them up thriugh the soil.
2006-12-22 03:06:37 · answer #10 · answered by Mr Bellows 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋