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Measuring about one foot long at the time of hatching, the baby earthworm is already huge, but it has a very slow growth rate for the rest of its life, which some scientists say suggests that it can live for up to 10 years, maybe even more. Giant Gippsland earthworms will only produce one egg per year, from which a single individual will emerge, after a period of 12 months. Some scientists theorize that the worms can lengthen their bodies, thus becoming slim enough for two of them to fit in the burrows alongside each other, but no one really knows for sure how it happens. Van Praagh holding a mature giant earthworm. The Australian Gippsland Earthworm grows to 12 feet long and can weigh. No one really knows how giant Gippsland earthworms copulate, as surfacing seems unlikely due to the threat of predators, and their underground burrows are barely wide enough for one specimen to pass through at a time. Updated SeptemA 10-foot monster native to the grasslands of Victoria, the giant Gippsland earthworm may appear terrifying, but it's actually a threatened species whose biggest foe is humans. Large worms are found all over the world. The toxins used in agriculture, and its vulnerability to physical injuries due to its sheer size haven’t helped things, and neither has the species’ mating habits.

Although the giant earthworms to adapt and survive in their endemic home despite it having changed drastically in the last two centuries is amazing, human activity has put the species on the endangered list.

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