Everything is stranger in Australia, at least when it comes to wildlife. Case in point: in a quiet corner of the country, the hills gurgle and slurp with the sounds of giant earthworms that are longer than a pool table. The rest of this article is behind a paywall. Please sign in or subscribe to access the full content.

The giant Gippsland earthworm ( Megascolides australis ) averages around 1 meter (3.3 feet) in length with a girth of 2 centimeters (0.79 inches) – that’s about as long as a baseball bat and as chunky as a standard dinner candle. They can grow even bigger, though, with some individuals measuring up to 3 meters (9.9 feet) in length.

This makes them one of the biggest species of earthworm on Earth, at least that we know of. There are around 6,000 named species of earthwor

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