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How do worms breed?

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How do worms breed? You never see baby worms - it's always long, thin worms or long fat ones.
Peter, Gospel Oak

Answer

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Eddie, Manchester
My father studied worms and I called him for the answer
Every worm is a hermaphrodite - asexual. This means they self-breed and re-produce that way. They give birth to a live young creature, but the young don't come up to the surface.