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  • From: bob ford <bobford79 AT yahoo.com>
  • To: homestead AT lists.ibiblio.org
  • Subject: Re: [Homestead] Worm grunting mystery solved
  • Date: Sat, 18 Oct 2008 12:13:38 -0700 (PDT)

The article didn't say what it cost. I'm curious how the scientist first
heard a mole grunt. We mainly dug wigglers for fishing but I do remeber
doing something similar to what they describe for earthworms. I had never
really thought of an explanation ... :-) ....bobford


--- On Sat, 10/18/08, Wendy <crazygardens AT verizon.net> wrote:

> From: Wendy <crazygardens AT verizon.net>
> Subject: Re: [Homestead] Worm grunting mystery solved
> To: bobford79 AT yahoo.com, homestead AT lists.ibiblio.org
> Date: Saturday, October 18, 2008, 1:05 PM
> This is such a load of crap. We used to "dig" for
> worms by shoving a pitch
> fork into the where we know there are an abundance of worms
> (like near a
> compost pile or in a leaf-rich forest floor), and poke
> around until we found
> an underground stone. Then scrape the fork tines on the
> stone until the
> worms come up. Works every time. A pitch fork scraping on
> a stone sounds
> nothing like the type of noise that one would get from
> 'grunting", however,
> it all works just the same. Intense vibrations are intense
> vibrations.
> Worms hate it and make a hasty exit. I've been told
> that an old chevy truck
> repeatedly backfiring has the same effect. Worms coming up
> in the rain is a
> form of "mating" and has nothing to do with any
> of the above. I wonder how
> much money was spent on this "research". lol
>
> Wendy
>
>
>
> > Worm Grunting: A Mystery Solved
> >
> >
> >
> > By HENRY FOUNTAIN
> > Published: October 17, 2008
> >
> > .........................................
> > "The mystery has been why the vibrations should
> cause worms to come to the
> > surface. Kenneth C. Catania of Vanderbilt University
> has provided an
> > answer: worm grunting mimics the sound of a predator,
> the eastern American
> > mole, causing the worms to flee topside."
> .........................
> >
> >
> >
> http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/18/science/21wormgrunting.html
> >
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