If I were a bird in the Pacific Northwest, I'd change my diet ... like right now ... or fly south ... permanently! There's a mega-worm up there; it's named after a place called Palouse, in Whitman County, Washington.If you feel tremors under your feet on a pleasant evening walk in the four-state area ... run!A yard long and as big around as a man's pinkie finger, the giant Palouse earthworm is albino-pale, can burrow 15 feet deep and smells like a lily.
The recent discovery of one of the scarce giants has energized entomologists and soil scientists, who fear it may be near extinction.The native giant earthworms have been found by scientists only four times since the 1970s. None had been seen since the 1980s until Idaho graduate student Yaniria Sanchez-de Leon dug one up while studying other earthworm species in May 2005.A curious but perhaps unrelated phenomena in the same area is the disappearance of numerous northwesterners ... without a trace. Think mulch!
I'm giving some thought to opening a Palouse Worm Farm franchise for the worldwide freshwater fishing communities. With a hybrid worm that's properly trained, you could just have him grab your line, drop him in the water, and wait for him to give a tug to let you know he's got one. Anyone want to invest?
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Tuesday, May 30, 2006
WIERD: This is why I don't want to be the "early bird"!
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