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References

• 1. National Biodiversity Network Species Dictionary (Jan 2003). http://www.nhm.ac.uk/nbn/
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• 4. BBC Wildfacts (March 2003) http://www.bbc.co.uknature/wildfacts/factfiles/416.shtml
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• Collins, M. 2004. Design and nature II: comparing design in nature with science and engineering. Southampton: WIT.
• Foy, Sally; Oxford Scientific Films. 1982. The Grand Design: Form and Colour in Animals. Lingfield, Surrey, U.K.: BLA Publishing Limited for J.M.Dent & Sons Ltd, Aldine House, London. 238 p.
• Lumbricus terrestris Linnaeus, 1758
• Quillin, KJ. 2000. Ontogenetic scaling of burrowing forces in the earthworm, Lumbricus terrestris. Journal of Experimental Biology. 203: 2757-2770.
• Steven Vogel. 2003. Comparative Biomechanics: Life's Physical World. Princeton: Princeton University Press. 580 p.
• “Earthworm.” Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia. Available from: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Earthworm
• “Lumbricidae.” Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia. Available from: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lumbricidae
• “Lumbricus terrestris.” Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia. Available from: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lumbricus_terrestris
• “Lumbricus terrestris”. Encyclopedia of Life, available from: http://www.eol.org/pages/3126801/details