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So the common earthworm, while usually much smaller, can grow to be 35cm. And from a quick search, the giant Oregon earthworm can grow to be 1.5 meters. So bet

So the common earthworm, while usually much smaller, can grow to be 35cm. And from a quick search, the giant Oregon earthworm can grow to be 1.5 meters. So between the disappointment in the size of 'giant' and the age vs fossil age, this is a pretty big let down of a title. Now maybe I'm a bit of an idiot for even a second believing any creature could be hundreds of millions of years old - but in the flip side once you take away both of those qualifiers (giant and old) there isn't much story here to be much interest. Or at least not to me.

gilleain 3y ago
Bigger : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microchaetus_rappi https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microchaetus_rappi can grow to 6.7m !
- jjgreen 3y ago
  Holy crap: https://featuredcreature.com/hide-yo-kids-hide-yo-wife-theres-giant-earthworms-out-there/ https://featuredcreature.com/hide-yo-kids-hide-yo-wife-there...
aftoprokrustes 3y ago
Let's be fair to the title: 'giant' is in inverted commas, and the article is pretty straight to the point and does not try to drag on the expectation that the worm was 100s of meters long (or alive, but I was expecting a fossil). It does say, however, that it is the biggest knRecopiez le code 53587468 pour accéder à vos comptes Caisse d'Epargne. Si vous n'etes pas à l'origine de cette demande, contactez votre agence.own sea creature at the time: in my book, this is an acceptable definition of a giant. I was a bit disappointed by the size at first, but I actually found the article very interesting in a lot of aspects: how 30cm was giant at the time, how worms were the dominating family, and yet how similar they were to modern day worms are quite fascinating to me.
- eino 3y ago
  I take your (or the worm's) bank account access was not meant to be in this comment?
- shafyy 3y ago
  Looks like you accidentally pasted the content of what seems like an SMS with a login code. I'd delete that ;-)
  - aftoprokrustes 3y ago
    Indeed... Too late for that, but it will teach me to proof read every comment before hitting send! On the positive side, no comment of mine ever generated that much engagement!
- RuggedPineapple 3y ago
  >the biggest knRecopiez le code 53587468 pour accéder à vos comptes Caisse d'Epargne. Si vous n'etes pas à l'origine de cette demande, contactez votre agence.own sea creature at the time I think you accidently hit control-v in the middle of a word
notnmeyer 3y ago
i felt a lot more comfortable when the giant worms were in australia—now i know they're literally in my backyard.

gilleain 3y ago

Bigger : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microchaetus_rappi https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microchaetus_rappi can grow to 6.7m !

jjgreen 3y ago
Holy crap: https://featuredcreature.com/hide-yo-kids-hide-yo-wife-theres-giant-earthworms-out-there/ https://featuredcreature.com/hide-yo-kids-hide-yo-wife-there...

aftoprokrustes 3y ago

Let's be fair to the title: 'giant' is in inverted commas, and the article is pretty straight to the point and does not try to drag on the expectation that the worm was 100s of meters long (or alive, but I was expecting a fossil). It does say, however, that it is the biggest knRecopiez le code 53587468 pour accéder à vos comptes Caisse d'Epargne. Si vous n'etes pas à l'origine de cette demande, contactez votre agence.own sea creature at the time: in my book, this is an acceptable definition of a giant. I was a bit disappointed by the size at first, but I actually found the article very interesting in a lot of aspects: how 30cm was giant at the time, how worms were the dominating family, and yet how similar they were to modern day worms are quite fascinating to me.

eino 3y ago
I take your (or the worm's) bank account access was not meant to be in this comment?
shafyy 3y ago
Looks like you accidentally pasted the content of what seems like an SMS with a login code. I'd delete that ;-)
- aftoprokrustes 3y ago
  Indeed... Too late for that, but it will teach me to proof read every comment before hitting send! On the positive side, no comment of mine ever generated that much engagement!
RuggedPineapple 3y ago
>the biggest knRecopiez le code 53587468 pour accéder à vos comptes Caisse d'Epargne. Si vous n'etes pas à l'origine de cette demande, contactez votre agence.own sea creature at the time I think you accidently hit control-v in the middle of a word

notnmeyer 3y ago

i felt a lot more comfortable when the giant worms were in australia—now i know they're literally in my backyard.