11-Mar-2021 Theme: 'Worms'

(1) The world’s largest earthworm, Megascolides australis (aka karmai) can reportedly grow up to three metres long. Where in Australia would you find it?

Answer: Gippsland, Victoria.

(2) Who spent 40 years studying the role of earthworms in soil formation, and published his findings in a book titled The Formation of Vegetable Mould through the Action of Worms?

Answer: Charles Darwin.

(3) Where would you find the giant, fictional worm known reverentially as Shai-Hulud?

Answer: On the planet Arrakis (aka Dune).

(4) Hypolimnus pedderensis was the first species of earthworm recorded to have been sent extinct by human activities. Where did it live?

Answer: Lake Pedder, Tasmania.

(5) What is the missing word in William Blake’s famous short poem: “O Rose thou art sick / The … worm / That flies in the night / In the howling storm / Has found out thy bed / Of crimson joy / And his dark secret love / Does thy life destroy.”

Answer: Invisible.

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