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“Sharknado” may have been a popular – albeit it incredibly bad – movie, but the fictional cyclonic event it depicted was not caused by sharks. On the other hand, two recent real animal tornados were animal-induced – a wormnado in New Jersey and a reindeernado in Russia. The real question is – are they movie worthy? “Has anyone ever seen anything like this? This is a tornado of worms that were out this morning near Maxwell park in Hoboken. Clearly worms come out after it rains but this is something I’ve never seen!” A Facebook post of a strange swirling mass of earthworms on ...
"Clearly a sign of the end of days," wrote another. The woman who first spotted, however, told Insider that she thought it was "beautiful" and "unique." Others expressed curiosity over what might have caused the intriguing formation. Kevin Butt, a soil ecology expert at the University of Central Lancashire, said that he believes it can be attributed to a combination of heavy rain and the sidewalks being a hard surface. "In short, worms have likely come to the soil surface due to excess rainwater, have been unable to burrow down due to movement on to a hard surface and the shape seen may we...
A spiral of worms appeared on a sidewalk in Hoboken, New Jersey. The cause of the so-called "worm tornado" has puzzled scientists.