Posted on 06/07/2015 4:34:44 AM PDT by JoeProBono
DENISON, Texas, - Rangers at a Texas park said earthworms gathering in clumped "herds" in the middle of a road looked like someone had dumped spaghetti from their car.
Eisenhower State Park Superintendent Ben Herman said rangers checking back roads at the Denison park May 29 found earthworms fleeing storms had formed into balls in a straight line down the middle of the road.
Texas Parks and Wildlife shared video of the worm balls on YouTube.
Rangers said they thought the clumps were spaghetti until they got close enough to poke at them.
"We're still puzzled why they decided to line up in the middle of the road," Herman told ABC News. "Even our biologist doesn't know why they're spaced so well and in the line."
Officials said the worms may have formed into the balls, or herds, so they could share the drier portions of pavement, or they may have formed herds because they mistook the sound of the rain for the noise of predators beating down on the ground.
"We were all fascinated by what happened," Herman said. "It was pretty entertaining to watch the worms do their thing."
I see the guy (is that you?) wearing gloves and no tackle.
That's the biggest catfish I ever seen caught noodling.
One that size could clamp down and drag you where he pleased.
How do earthworms end up in the bird bath, smart guy?
How do earthworms end up in the bird bath, smart guy?.....Creation, for cripes sake.
How do earthworms end up in the bird bath, smart guy?.....ANNND ..maybe it was a worm bath and NOT a bird bath. See? You gotta use logic. Sheesh!
Two dismal failures from my kids youth.....trying to start a worm farm....and grow mushrooms.
Neither worked......good thing we didn’t bet the mortgage money on it.
It didn’t work....and smelled like sh!t when the worms all died and whatnot.
PEEUUUUUUUUUWWWWWWW!!!
And because these worms were seeking lesser moisture, the Waco PD and SWAT teams had the right to shoot them, and lock more than 200 of them up? Why are you such a fascist bootlicker?
Probably the same way the frog ended up crawling on the outside of the 3rd story window...
Probably the same way the frog ended up crawling on the outside of the 3rd story window...Come now. You never heard of the jumping frogs of Calaversa county?
Wow !!
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