Unlike Richard Scarry’s Lowly Worm, real worms don’t drive
cars or go to school. But the wriggly creatures appear to live a more
purposeful life than previously thought. Earthworms deliberately gather and
bury ragweed seeds from around their burrows, reports a new study in the Journal of Applied Ecology.
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