【PConline News】There has never been a shortage of strange things in nature, and earthworms, which are not very noticeable, have now become the things that many netizens pay attention to, why? A gardener in the United Kingdom found the largest earthworm ever, weighing twice as much as the ordinary wild earthworm, as heavy as a chocolate bar, according to foreign media reports, recently, a gardener in Widernes, Cheshire, England, found a huge earthworm about 16 inches (about 40 cm) long in his vegetable field, which is called "Dave".
It is understood that the earthworm of "Dave" is the largest earthworm ever found in the UK. Dave is actually a Lumbricus terrestris weighing about 26 grams, compared to 15 grams, the largest earthworm previously found in the UK.
The earthworm has been accepted by the British Earthworm Society, part of the Natural History Museum. The head of the British Earthworm Society said Dave's discovery will help scientists understand and protect the species and the environment in which it grows.