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Follow a burrowing earthworm seeking soil's moisture to protect its oxygen-collecting skin
Investigate how muscles in the body wall and small bristles enable earthworms to move through soil
earthworm annelid nervous system invertebrates
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Follow a burrowing earthworm seeking soil's moisture to protect its oxygen-collecting skin
Cross-section view of an earthworm (Lumbricus) burrowing beneath the soil's...
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Investigate how muscles in the body wall and small bristles enable earthworms to move through soil
Locomotion of the earthworm (Lumbricus)
Video: Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc.

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Feces
Earthworm feces or casts.
Muhammad Mahdi Karim
earthworm
Earthworm (Lumbricus terrestris).
Michael Linnenbach
annelid nervous system
In most annelids (segmented worms) such as the earthworm, two cerebral ganglia (bundles...
Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc.
invertebrates
Selected invertebrate animals.
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