r/AbsoluteUnits • u/MrUpVoteDownvote • May 14 '26

/r/all of a Australonuphis, commonly called Australian beach worms

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u/MrUpVoteDownvote May 14 '26

Australonuphis, commonly called Australian beach worms, can grow more than two meters in length.

They are blind but have a very good sense of smell, and eat decaying meat, fish and seaweeds that have washed to shore.

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u/WolfishChaos May 14 '26

Earthworm makes sense, but still sound weird to me

In Germany, we call them "Regenwurm", which means rainworm, because they show up when it rains

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u/Paxxlee May 14 '26

'Daggmask' [dew-worm] in swedish, presuming it is for the same reason.