please radio network and now chewing the fat with Jeff Fisher okay sure we have

to worry about the COVID-19 pandemic or the COVID-20 or 21 or 22 plus or

wherever we're out of the COVID spectrum sure we have to worry about monkey

pox sure we have to worry about you know the Asian murder hornets sure sure we

have to worry about all that I got it but now now we are we I think we're out

of step too far all right now we have to worry about jumping worms okay it's

an invasive worm species known for its voracious appetite and ability to jump

in the air yeah I want to worry about jumping worms now officially they're

called aminthus agrestes of course they are and of course that's what they

go by when you see Asian jumping worms or the Alabama jumper or crazy snake

worm you immediately think aminthus agrestes yeah and so initially they were

spotted in Wisconsin across the New England area in 2013 and now the worms have

spread westward into dozens of states now they were just spotted in California so

now I guess we have to worry about them so the worms can grow up to about eight

inches long they have a milky white band around their dark body are distinctive

for their theatrical behavior yeah I was thinking the same thing that theatrical

behavior including wild movements even while they detach body parts they're

also hermaphrodites so they can reproduce without mating and they produce

cocoons at the soil surface you still have a problem with them I didn't think so

they're extremely active aggressive and have as I stated earlier voracious

appetites so they jump and thrash immediately when handled more like a snake

than a worm and when you look at them if you see the video it is they look

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