This is worm grunting, also called worm charming or fiddling.

这就是蚯蚓召唤术，也被称为蚯蚓吸引法则，或吸蚯大法。

Unlike other usual North American earthworms, these highly active worms eat large amounts of humus.

与其他常见的北美蚯蚓不同，这些高度活跃的蚯蚓吃大量腐殖质。

He holds a hot poker next to them, to see if they move away.

他咀嚼烟草，并向蚯蚓吹气。

At first you cannot see that the worm has any head.

一眼看去, 蚯蚓似乎没有脑袋。

But it's not just earthworms that deserve praise.

表扬的不仅仅是蚯蚓。

He eats flies, and worms, and bugs, and berries.

它吃苍蝇、蚯蚓、昆果。

People said you'd have to pay them $100,000 to eat the worm.

他们说给10万美元才肯吃蚯蚓。

They compost and make earthworm soil.

他们堆肥并让蚯蚓松动土壤。

Remember, tomorrow we'll be dissecting worms!

记好了明天我们要解剖蚯蚓！

This worm was crushed by someone.

这只蚯蚓被人压扁了。

The pointed end is its head.

这就是蚯蚓的头。

So, the correct answer was b) as clever as an earthworm!

所以，正确答案是b)蚯蚓一样聪明！

Earthworms literally move the earth, and this is why farmers love them.

蚯蚓能松土，这就是农民喜欢它们的原因。

They burrow, and they look like earthworms or even snakes.

它们会挖洞，外形酷似蚯蚓，甚至是蛇。

When the book was published, William was 37 years old.

这一切发生时， 达尔文一直在研究蚯蚓。

But some plants, and even whole ecosystems, are actually better off wormless.

有些植物、甚至整个生态系，没有蚯蚓可能更好。

He was the first to realize how vitally important worms are to soil fertility.

他第一个发现蚯蚓对于肥沃土壤起着至关重要的作用。

Its body is composed of more than one hundred rings, all joined together.

蚯蚓的身体由一百多个彼此相连的环节组成。

Not good. We're having a dance competition with a worm. You got this, bro!

不太好。我们正在跟条蚯蚓比赛跳舞呢。你没问题的，老弟！

Its thirst assuaged, the Worm slithered aside, and vanished into a hole in the ground.

蚯蚓的焦渴到了缓解，慢慢地爬动到一旁，钻进一个地洞不见了。