Li Zhiwei found the enormous earthworm in a gutter near his house in Binchuan County. Zhiwei has decided to keep the worm in his backyard as a pet. people want a peek at the creepy-crawly creature.The worm has also attracted the interest scientists who want to figure out how it grew so big. The 19-inch invertebrate was found in the gutter of a house in south-west China and was originally mistaken for a snake. Li Zhiwei, a worker from the Forestry Bureau of Binchuan County, saw the huge worm out of the corner of his eye. Adult earthworms typically measure anywhere between 10mm long and 1mm wide to 1m long and over 25mm wide. The two-feet long earthworm inside the gutter of his home while drying out some Chinese dates in his backyard. It looked like a snake, I looked carefully and found it was actually a huge earthworm. Before the earthworm makes its big move, scientists plan to study it to determine its classification and to determine how it could grow so long. Zhiwei's discovery is particularly surprising because the worm was found in an urban environment low in nutrition and full of risks.
