Earthworms have mouths; they can even open them wide enough to fit leaves and other good things. But they don’t have teeth! Here is what happens to their lunch.

Pharynx: they push their pharynx or throat out of their mouths to grab leaves and to pull them back into their mouths. Then they get them wet with their

Esophagus: Once they have their food good and wet, they push it down their

Crop: their crop is a storage compartment for their food and other things they

Swallow. From the crop, their lunch goppes to their gizzard.

Gizzard: the gizzard is where the work happens. They use any stones that they have swallowed and th

Anus: Whatever is leftover comes out their anus as castings or worm poop.

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Africa Australia, Saliva Esophagus, Habitat Earthworm, External Earthworms, Anus Whatever, gizzard gizzard, crop crop,