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Answers
1.
False: Earthworms can only generate a new tail if the cut is
after the clitellum. The cut tail portion cannot grow a new head and therefore
will die.
2.
False: Earthworms can live as long as 10 years and are able to
withstand harsh environmental conditions such as freezing or drought by
going into a dormant state.
3.
True: The Gippsland Giant in Australia is about one meter long
and can stretch to about two meters.
4.
True: Some
earthworms species can jump up to 30 centimeters.
5.
False: 3,627 different earthworms have been identified and this
number keeps increasing as scientist discover more.
6.
False: Earthworms
intake oxygen thought their skin.
7.
True: Earthworms are hermaphrodites, which means that they contain
both male and female reproductive organs.
8.
True: Earthworms come in a veriety of colors including orange,
yellow, white, blue, green and gray.
9.
True: Hundreds of years ago Middle Easterners combined earthworm
ashes with oil of roses to make hair grow. Whether this treatment was actually
successful is another story.
10.
True: Ancient South Pacific medicine doctors soaked earthworms
in water and used this liquid to bathe smallpox patients. the earthworms
were the roasted, powdered and mixed with coconut water and drunk. This
supposedly reduced the death rate from 100 per cent to 25 per cent.
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