To: presidio9
According to the article that's at the second link I posted, the researchers don't just theorize that the worms eat the leaf litter at a rapid rate, they've measured it. Read the paragraph that begins "Gundale suspected..." in the second article.
To: cogitator
Read the article again. The scientists proved that the worms are capable of eating leaves and plant matter, not that this is common behavior for them in the wild.
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10/28/2003 8:21:39 AM PST by
presidio9
(gungagalunga)
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