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A worm is an elongate, soft-bodied, land-dwelling invertebrate. Worm is a common name for various species that belong to different clades of animals--that is they are unrelated to each other. Animals which are commonly called worms include species of annelids, insects (their immature larva stage), and flatworms. Many marine and freshwater species, which are usually seen only by professional biologists, are recognized as "worms". Worms commonly are seen on the sidewalk after a rainstorm, and often die of drying out or being trampled on by humans.

Trivia about worm

  • Physicist John Wheeler compared possible passages through space & time to the work of this creature
  • Found in Australia, a giant species of this annelid can measure 10 feet long
  • The appendix is vermiform, meaning shaped like one of these
  • When a planarian, one of these, is cut in half, both halves will regrow
  • The top 3 inches of an acre of soil may contain billions of nematodes, this type of creature
  • The "round" type of this internal parasite often infects puppies through the mother's blood
  • Slender vermicelli is less appetizing when you realize its name is from the Italian for this invertebrate
  • Hacker Robert Morris' 1988 program with the name of this slithery creature crashed a tenth of the Internet
  • 1988:Crafted by Robert Morris, the first known one of these viruses wriggles into computers
  • In May 2004 an 18-year old German student confessed to creating the "Sasser" one

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