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How to properly chop earthworms?

KrabzAga

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So I went to an area and caught almost an dozen earthworms of different sizes. I have them in an container of moist eco earth and banana peels currently. I have read from the chopping earth article that you can keep on cutting an live worm until there is only 1 inch left of it’s head. How legit is that actually? Will the worms actually survive until there is only 1 inch left?
so here are my steps :
1: Taking an random earthworm out of the container
2: Chop a bit of it’s tail off
3: Put it back into the container
Repeat every day
Will this actually keep the worms alive? I am very curious.
 

michael

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I have read from the chopping earth article that you can keep on cutting an live worm until there is only 1 inch left of it’s head. How legit is that actually? Will the worms actually survive until there is only 1 inch left?
That sounds like an interesting experiment. I don't think it will work. I just hold the worm over tanks I want to feed and chop pieces off with a scissors until the entire worm is used. Let us know how your experiment works out. Let us know if your worms eat those banana peels.
 
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