Marilyn's Photos - Apr 16 2026 - Worms in the Pond
The pond water is cold, but not too cold. I found out because I could see earthworms at the bottom. It is a very shallow pond so easy to see them and get them out. They do get very wiggly and would like to avoid rescue.
Were they looking for new territories or mates? Did they get disoriented and fall into the pond? How long have they been there? They can survive for several days in water.
Good thing for me it wasn't the Giant Gippsland earthworm of Victoria, Australia. It is 3 feet long. That would circle the pool - it is a tiny thing and wouldn't that look like a snake to me. And remember how slimy earthworms are in defence mode? And when they stretch to travel, double the normal length. This Australian earthworm can live two decades, so I guess I would save it from the pond. It would be more of a wrestling match.
Facts about this earthworm: You know it's in your garden, as it makes a strange gurgling sound as it moves beneath the ground. Wouldn't that be hilarious? I bet Millie would jump in the air out of surprise with such a serenade. And I can count on this information as David Attenborough featured this worm in his 2005 documentary Life in the Undergrowth.
Here's a picture we can trust showing its size. Those other pictures...look like AI to me. You can now search for AI-generated pictures of anything. I searched for AI-generated images of this worm, and the ones that popped up for this worm look AI. Typically, Getty Images and other picture sites have them labelled as such.
I was moderating pictures for one of the groups I host on Fine Art America and testing them for whether they are AI-generated images. AI-generated images are out of scope for the group. Here are the AI-generation sites that the image-testing site HIVE uses. That's a lot to me.
And the object to the left of the list? A strange and beautiful glass and light art work installation at the National Gallery. It looks like alien barbed wire here.
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