[lit-ideas] Re: Diet of Worms

  • From: "Andreas Ramos" <andreas@xxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: <lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Fri, 4 Feb 2005 10:43:19 -0800

It's odd, but I didn't know that about worms. Many thanks.  

What's the dish on snails? Are they too their own man, so to speak?

yrs,
andreas
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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Carol Kirschenbaum" <carolkir@xxxxxxxx>


> Andreas,
> Good question, so I asked my son the developmental biologist at UC Berkeley. 
> He wrote:
> "Well, there's many kinds of worms.
> The common earthworm is called an annelid. Segmented, no appendages (legs).
> Another example in this group is the leech.
> There are also flatworms, called platyhelminthes. Example- planarian.
> There are round worms, called nematodes. Example- C. elegans.
> You're right, they aren't all of those things that you mentioned. They are
> on their own."
> 
> So there you have it. The worm slithers alone.
> Best,
> Carol

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