Explain why large earthworms come to the surface after a heavy rain?
2007-08-16 06:10:58 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous in Science & Mathematics ➔ Biology
Earthworms breath oxygen through their bodies. If it rains, they need to surface, else they will drown.
Large earthworms or not - they all have the same reaction towards too much water.
2007-08-17 18:28:02 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
Earthworms breath through their skins.
If submerged, they drown.
2007-08-16 17:52:48 · answer #2 · answered by Irv S 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Earthworms like it wet but not too wet. If they are not getting enough air they will rise up.
2007-08-16 06:15:59 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
because of the fact the water could drown them below the floor, so that they arise so that they could breathe. i'm no longer kidding ... because of the fact of this they arrive to the exterior after a heavy rain.
2016-10-10 08:49:12 · answer #4 · answered by koltay 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
soil is to loose to stay down below and have to surface.
2007-08-16 06:16:07 · answer #5 · answered by Michael M 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If they didn't, they'd drown.
2007-08-16 07:45:15 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋