This article was originally published on Critter Science.

The earthworm is an invertebrate (lacks a backbone) and even though you might not think they’re animals, they are. There are 2,700 known species of earthworms, to date. They belong to a classification of critters called echinoderms. These simple yet complex creatures spend most of their time burrowing in the […]

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