Monday, September 26, 2005

Cool Earthworm Diagrams



...and more. This site offers a good overview of earthworm anatomy, down to every last seta and clitellum. Did you know that they have light-sensitive cells along their bodies to help them stay out of the light (and safely underground)? That their brains are so simple that if you remove the brain entirely, there's not much change in their behavior?

Earthworms