(I’m not advocating violence against worms. I like and protect them, they’re good for my garden. This question has been bugging me for a while and it doesn’t make sense. )

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[–] 37 points 1 month ago* (2 children)

No, it's a myth.

Only one of the two halves would survives (the one with the head) but it's also possible that neither half would survive depending where the cut where made.

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  • [–] 6 points 1 month ago

    I remember waaay back at school, we had to perform some tasks on animals, one being live planarias. You could cut the head in half, and get a two headed worm, so I am not sure if cutting all along would regenerate on 2 full bodies though

    Dissecting frogs, chickens, whatever, was not funny times to me for sure

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