It can grow over 2m long, is made up of 400 body segments and makes a strange gurgling sound as it moves underground | Discover Wildlife

The Giant Gippsland Earthworm

Giant Gippsland Earthworm

Earthworm- Habit, Habitat, Morphology, Bodywall, Locomotion

Question of Survival: Giant Gippsland worms - ABC Education

Did you know that Australia is also famous for having giant earthworms? Australia is home to several species of unusually large earthworms. The most famous is the Gippsland giant earthworm (Gippsland Earthworm), along with other species belonging to the genus Megascolides. Some individuals can grow over 3 meters long when fully extended, with a body diameter of around 2–3 centimeters. They typically live deep underground—often several dozen centimeters to more than a meter below the surface—and