Word: gippsland
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Dates: during 1947-1947
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Earthworms come in some 2,200 varieties, ranging in size from the one-inch species that inhabit old logs to the seven-foot Gippsland giant of Australia. Some affect bright colors, including purple, blue and green. Regeneration of lost tails-and sometimes heads-is only one of the worm's accomplishments. A hermaphrodite, the earthworm carries both male & female reproductive organs in its many-segmented body. But two worms normally cross-fertilize each other; experts doubt that a single worm ever acts as both father & mother of its own eggs...
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