Do Worms Have Hearts or Brains?
4/29/202610 min
Have you ever found a worm in the dirt and wondered how it works? In this episode, we explore what's really going on inside a worm! Do they have brains, hearts, or something a little different?
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First 90 secondsJosh· Host0:00
Do worms have hearts or brains? [upbeat music] Hi, welcome to Curious Kids Everyday. I'm Josh. How are you doing today? It's so good to hear from you. Hey, have you ever held a worm before? [upbeat music] The other day, my sons and I were moving a huge wood chip pile out in the backyard, and in all of that wood and dirt, we found a huge worm. [upbeat music] Once we had unearthed it, we knew we had to find somewhere safe for that little worm to go, so the boys took that worm into the grass. It was one of the biggest worms I have ever seen. He was very long, but mostly he was just very thick. He was very wide. You know how most worms are so small and skinny, it's easy to miss them? This worm was very hard to ignore. [upbeat music] Now, my boys were asking me all kinds of questions about the worm. How does it move? Does it feel things? Why do we have to