Barnaby, aged 9, was playing with his younger siblings after school when he found the giant earthworm by a stream at the bottom of the family's garden in Christchurch. 9News
But Barnaby Domigan was delighted to discover the biggest worm his family had ever seen.
Barnaby, aged nine, was playing with his younger siblings after school when he found the giant earthworm by a stream at the bottom of the family's garden in Burnside, Christchurch."I grabbed it with a stick. I thought wow, what an amazing discovery. I thought it was a worm, but I had no idea what it really was.""It was ginormous. He was most impressed with himself.""What a find, he thought it was wonderful.
Barnaby, who said he likes learning about "weird animals", described the worm as feeling cold and squishy.After dad Chris took Barnaby's photo with the worm, they put it back into the garden, although they were not sure whether it was alive or dead. John Marris, curator of the University of Lincoln's entomology research collection, said while the worm looked in the photo "a bit like the creature from the black lagoon", it appeared to be a species of native earthworm.
Marris said giant earthworms were once widespread, but were now most likely to be found in undisturbed areas such as forests. It was rare to find them in a domestic garden, he said.READ MORE:
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