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Why are some worms such lazy lovers: a reprise

Even earthworms seem to experience feelings strong enough to overcome the natural tendency of living things to avoid wasting energy.

June 26, 2025

Frank Brown Cloud

Academic science, All posts, Evolutionary biology, Parenting

animal sentience, biology, caretaking, earthworm sex, earthworms, evolution, evolutionary biology, exercise, experimental biology, Grove and Cowley, mate choice, nature, peacocks, science, sperm competition, Victorian science, wildlife, worm, worm sex, worms

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