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Grunting humans, moles scare earthworms

Traditional bait collectors who use worm grunting succeed because they’re mistaken for moles

By Susan Milius

- More than 2 years ago

It’s a pole, but it sounds like a mole.

WORM WRANGLERS Gary and Audrey Revell demonstrate worm grunting to collect bait in the Apalachicola National Forest in Florida’s panhandle. A second segment shows a preliminary test for earthworm responses to a burrowing mole.