Found this fascinating little creature on the floor in my little farm! It was having no success getting any grip on the cemented floor, and was just writhing on the spot.

My wife immediately identified it as a "pooran" and said that they are quite common in rainy season. As ever, my camera batteries let me down (damn: these ones are supposed to hold their charge when not used) so I had to use the phone. It would not keep still, but I still managed a look with the 2x lens.

--- no legs at all that I could see

--- it has eyes, which can be seen catching the flash, unlike any c/m-pede I ever saw.


What did u think? Agree with me that it is a young snake? Is it possible to identify (err... just brown) at this age?

image was before/After killing!


cc Sijo01

lets call it Lizzy Baby

that's a worm

Nairalander01:
that's a worm

A big one at that..lol

no sire is not a warm! after striking it with shovel was still alive till i use a stone!!!

Nairalander01:
that's a worm

i disagree strongly i have a video of "it" will upload if possible!

Isn't that an earthworm?

You could have just sprinkled salt on it.

asumo12:
no sire is not a warm! after striking it with shovel was still alive till i use a stone!!!





i disagree strongly i have a video of "it" will upload if possible!

This is an excerpt from an article on wikipedia. Note that earth warms can vary in size.


Earth warm

An earthworm is a tube-shaped, segmented worm
found in the phylum Annelida. They are commonly
found living in soil, feeding on live and dead organic
matter. Its digestive system runs through the length of
its body. It conducts respiration through its skin. An
earthworm has a double transport system composed of
coelomic fluid that moves within the fluid-filled coelom
and a simple, closed blood circulatory system. It has a
central and a peripheral nervous system. The central
nervous system consists of two ganglia above the
mouth, one on either side, connected to a nerve cord
running back along its length to motor neurons and
sensory cells in each segment. Large numbers of
chemoreceptors are concentrated near its mouth.
Circumferential and longitudinal muscles on the
periphery of each segment enable the worm to move.
Similar sets of muscles line the gut, and their actions
move the digesting food toward the worm's anus.
An earthworm is a tube-shaped, segmented worm
found in the phylum Annelida. They are commonly
found living in soil, feeding on live and dead organic
matter. Its digestive system runs through the length of
its body. It conducts respiration through its skin. An
earthworm has a double transport system composed of
coelomic fluid that moves within the fluid-filled coelom
and a simple, closed blood circulatory system. It has a
central and a peripheral nervous system. The central
nervous system consists of two ganglia above the
mouth, one on either side, connected to a nerve cord
running back along its length to motor neurons and
sensory cells in each segment. Large numbers of
chemoreceptors are concentrated near its mouth.
Circumferential and longitudinal muscles on the
periphery of each segment enable the worm to move.
Similar sets of muscles line the gut, and their actions
move the digesting food toward the worm's anus.

winetapper:
lets call it Lizzy Baby

funny you, too much of Nkoli nwa nsukka