Is it normal that i avoid stepping on earthworms when it rains?

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In Kindergarten, I remember our teacher telling us about how the rain was always good, not only for the plants, but insects, and worms, and how even though we couldn't go out and play, other creatures could.

Later that day, when I was walking with my mom to the car, I came upon an earthworm wriggling in the rain, and I said to it "Oh! You get to play in the rain Mr. Earthworm. I won't bother you."

And since then, when ever I see an earthworm outside, I avoid stepping on it.

Well, I'm in college right now, and today is a rainy spring day, and all day on the way to my classes, I found myself staring at the ground, still stepping over, and avoiding the earthworms.

But, since I'm nearly 20 I wasn't sure if that was normal or not.

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  • Pheel
    11 years ago

    They come out because they're drowning.keep high steppin'! Long live the quick & dry!

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  • Ningelle
    11 years ago

    Of course it's normal - why should you step on them??

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  • sarah_cox
    13 years ago

    i love playing with woodlice and looking for them after it rains, but lately i keep looking at worms and wondering what they would feel like

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  • beautiful_dreamer
    13 years ago

    I never step on them, but I do take a pair of tongs and a bucket to collect them and put them in my yard. And neighbors wonder why my trees are so healthy.

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  • Yiu113
    13 years ago

    I feel the same. I never step on worms, becaus eI know that if I do it will eventually causse the crops to die and cause me to die. I consider it normal.

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  • [Old Memory]
    13 years ago

    I hate the smell of worms when it rains out. So discusting.

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  • hopeislife
    13 years ago

    i don't step on them cause they look and feel gross under my feet

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  • please-dont-hate
    14 years ago

    mtnw, how old r u....and if u wanna answer u comment on my story, Zwinky Cheats.....:)
    (happy dances cuz comment is over)(not happy dancing)

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  • ThisWebMakesMeFeelNormal
    14 years ago

    I do that to. I even feel uncomfortable about stepping on the grass because of all those bugs, ants, spiders and other creatures I might kill

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  • screaminasian
    14 years ago

    earthworms come up from the ground when it rains to "get it on" in wormlike-fashion, they cannot drown as they pull oxygen just as easily from air or water.

    I don't believe in karma but it's certainly a cool thing to do, I'd hate to get stomped on at a party :-P

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  • emoguy34
    14 years ago

    your a tree hugger in a good way

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  • Fjólublár
    14 years ago

    I always avoid them, poor little things, why would anyone want to tread on them?
    My mother actually picks them up and puts them onto the grass, if they're in the middle of a path. :)

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  • PoisonFlowers
    14 years ago

    Yeah, I've always avoided them too. A worm or slug on the ground, half crushed but still somehow alive is a terrible sight :(

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  • [Old Memory]
    14 years ago

    I'm 35 and I try to avoid them too - they're good for the Earth.

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  • mtnw
    14 years ago

    i never step on them either. i'm lots older than you are also.

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  • jerqler
    12 years ago

    JUST SMASH'EM HAAARD!!

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