Do worms have 4 eyes?

No, not really. Instead, they have cells called receptors that can sense whether it's light or dark. This allows worms to tell if they're underground or above ground.

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How many eyes does a worm have?

Seeing: Earthworms have no eyes, but they do have light receptors and can tell when they are in the dark, or in the light. Why is being able to detect light so important to a worm? Hearing: Earthworms have no ears, but their bodies can sense the vibrations of animals moving nearby.

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Do worms have 4 stomachs?

Breaking It Down. The earthworm doesn't have a stomach, but like a bird he does have a crop, which is the place where his food is held before it makes its way to the gizzard. The gizzard goes to work, using its natural muscular action and fine grains of sand or rock to squeeze and grind the food completely.

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Do worms have a heart?

While they lack a traditional heart as understood in humans, worms do have 5 pairs of aortic arches that play a similar functional role to that of the human heart.

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Does cutting a worm in half hurt it?

The head of the worm may survive and regenerate its tail if the animal is cut behind the clitellum, according to The Washington Post. But the original tail of the worm will not be able to grow a new head (or the rest of its vital organs), and will instead die.

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Do worms feel any pain?

OSLO (Reuters) - Worms squirming on a fishhook feel no pain -- nor do lobsters and crabs cooked in boiling water, a scientific study funded by the Norwegian government has found.

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Do worms have genders?

Worms are hermaphrodites. Each worm has both male and female organs. Worms mate by joining their clitella (swollen area near the head of a mature worm) and exchanging sperm. Then each worm forms an egg capsule in its clitellum.

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Do worms have emotions?

But animals with simple nervous systems, like lobsters, snails and worms, do not have the ability to process emotional information and therefore do not experience suffering, say most researchers.

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Do worms have a brain?

Do worms have brains? Yes, although they are not particularly complex. Each worm's brain sits next to its other organs, and connects the nerves from the worm's skin and muscles, controlling how it feels and moves.

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Do worms have 7 hearts?

Earthworms don't have lungs; they breathe through their skin. They also lack eyes, so instead use receptors in their skin to sense light and touch. Earthworms have five “hearts” that pump blood through their bodies.

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Do earthworms have 5 hearts?

Earthworm possess 5 pairs heart. Earthworms do not have a genuine heart because they are worms, but they do have aortic arches, which connect ventral and dorsal veins and pump blood. An earthworm is a terrestrial invertebrate, which means it doesn't have a heart and has an open circulatory system.

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Can a worm bite you?

Worms don't bite. They also don't sting. 3. They are cold-blooded animals, which means they don't maintain their own body heat but instead assume the temperature of their surroundings.

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Do worms go to sleep?

Elephants, cats, flies, and even worms sleep. It is a natural part of many animals' lives. New research from Caltech takes a deeper look at sleep in the tiny roundworm Caenorhabditis elegans, or C. elegans, finding three chemicals that collectively work together to induce sleep.

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Do worms have memories?

"We show that worms exhibit environmental familiarisation, and that this memory persists for at least 14 days -- long enough for the brain to regenerate," write the authors.

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Do worms have tongues?

Without a tongue, worms don't have taste buds. But earthworms can still taste, using special cells inside their mouth and other cells that are in their skin. As well as tasting, these cells also allow earthworms to smell. By sensing smells and tastes in the soil, worms can work out where they need to go to find food.

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Do worms feel when you cut them?

Yes, it is now accepted that worms feel pain – and that includes when they are cut in half. They do not anticipate pain or feel pain as an emotional response, however. They simply move in response to pain as a reflex response. They may curl up or move away, for example, from painful or negative stimuli.

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Do worms change gender?

Think about earthworms: They're hermaphrodites, but it still takes two, because of the way the sex works, they're not self-fertile.” Other organisms display sequential hermaphroditism, she said. Oysters and other shellfish change from male to female as they age.

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Can worms talk?

These small, transparent roundworms have a highly evolved language -- they combine chemical fragments to create precise molecular messages that control social behavior, reports a new study co-authored by scientists at the Boyce Thompson Institute.

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Do worms make noise?

The researchers say that although the popping sound could just be due to rapid movements in the attack, it could also be a call to other worms of the same species to let them know they are under attack. Regardless, their roar makes these soft-bodied creatures seem awfully tough.

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Do both worms get pregnant?

Earthworms are simultaneous hermaphrodites, meaning worms have both male and female reproductive organs. During sexual intercourse among earthworms, both sets of sex organs are used by both worms. If all goes well, the eggs of both of the mates become fertilized.

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Do worms give birth?

My babies will hatch in 2-3 weeks. The new baby worms are whitish, and you can practically see through them (but I think they are beautiful, just like any parent). My babies are only 1/2 to one inch long. They are on their own as soon as they are born.

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How long can a worm live?

Worms can live as long as four years. When worms die in the bin, their bodies decompose and are recycled by other worms, along with the food scraps. Worm castings are toxic to live worms. After all the food scraps in a bin are recycled, the worms will eat their own castings which will poison them.

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Can worms drown in water?

Earthworms are unable to drown like a human would, and they can even survive several days fully submerged in water. Soil experts now think earthworms surface during rain storms for migration purposes.

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Are worms self aware?

According to new research studying neurons within microscopic roundworms, the answer is an emphatic 'yes'. They found that worms would choose to respond to a nearby odour depending on what they were 'thinking' about - suggesting they have free will just like humans.

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Do worms have dads?

Since earthworms have both male and female sex organs, every earthworm can be both a mother and a father! Animals that have both male and female organs are called hermaphrodites.

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