Chapter 182 - Chapter 182: Chapter 182: Earthworms Second Generation (Part 2) (1/2)

Chapter 182: Chapter 182: Earthworms Second Generation (Part 2)

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Initially, over 100,000 earthworm larvae were collected, but earthworms have a small characteristic: they can survive even after being cut in half.

Earthworms are a special type of segmented animal. They have a head and a tail and specific organs.

However, their entire body is like two tubes wrapped together, with an outer layer containing the muscle system inside. Running through its body is the digestive tract, which contains many body cavity fluids.

When an earthworm is cut into two parts, its muscle tissue begins to contract, allowing some cells to automatically dissolve and form new cell clusters.

As a result, the cut surface is blocked, ensuring that not too much blood is lost from the wound on its body.

Once the wound heals, muscle cells begin to migrate, forming regenerative buds and growing new parts.

Of course, not all earthworms can regenerate after being severed. There is a luck factor involved.

Earthworms are a relatively complex existence in the segmented world. They have a digestive system and a circulatory system, and a large number of blood vessels are distributed.

If the cut position is incorrect, the muscles will not be able to block the wound during contraction, and the earthworm may die from excessive bleeding.

Overall, it depends on whether the cut position is correct or not. If the position is correct, regeneration becomes relatively easier.

Xiao Jinli carefully selected a group of robust and energetic earthworms, artificially severed them, and then placed them in nutrient-rich soil she had prepared. Even if the cutting position was not right, the abundant Lingquan water in the soil could help the earthworms recover quickly from their wounds.

These severed earthworms quickly turned from one worm into two worms.

So, the initial 100,000 earthworms have now doubled, plus the earthworms’ own reproduction, totaling more than 200,000.

Earthworms have strong reproductive abilities. They are hermaphrodites, laying eggs once every month, and each egg produces multiple earthworms.

Due to the large number of earthworms, the total breeding volume is still quite large.

Xiao Jinli considered the earthworms she initially bought as the first generation.

The first-generation earthworms were raised and grown entirely by Xiao Jinli, using Lingquan water to irrigate them.

When they reproduced and produced offspring, the resulting earthworms were nurtured inside the parents and had larger sizes and higher nutritional and survival rates than their parents. Xiao Jinli marked them as the second generation.

However, the second generation of earthworms became a new batch of seedlings.

As the parent body of the second-generation seedlings, Xiao Jinli carefully selected them.

These parent bodies were then placed in another nutrient-rich soil plot.

Mature earthworms can reproduce once a month, and within three to four months, one earthworm can produce twenty to thirty offspring.

Xiao Jinli looked at the vast breeding ground of more than five acres and felt that it wouldn’t be enough if things continued like this.

Therefore, in the second year, she expanded the earthworm breeding area and built another greenhouse.

After Xiao Yucheng became the general manager of Xiao Family Village Green Fresh Company, he had special future plans for Xiao Jinli’s earthworm breeding, which was a key project.

After all, the whole village relies on these earthworms for the development and prosperity of crop cultivation.