“Perhaps it makes sense that a creature that doesn't get ill and has few enemies among its neighbors would also live agelessly and die without explanation or cause--would simply vanish without a trace.”
Amy Stewart
The Earth Moved: On the Remarkable Achievements of Earthworms
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