Kinabalu Giant Earthworm
It is grey bluish and lives in burrows in the soft and thick soils that build lush forest around paka cave shelter at some 3 000 m above sea level.
Kinabalu giant earthworm. Part of latest highlights 2019 september 2019. October 26 2012 kinabaluguide leave a comment. The giant earthworm giant red leech of mount kinabalu. It rained the whole day as we trekked the timpohon trail before finally reaching laban rata for food and a nap.
Quentin found one giant earthworm which was nearly 1 meter long. This happened after quentin finished climbing mount kinabalu of sabah malaysia and on the way back. The kinabalu giant earthworm pheretima darnleiensis is a grey blue coloured peregrine annelid it is found widely in southeast asia primarily in the indo australasian archipelago e g singapore sumatra java bali borneo sulawesi the philippines some islands near new guinea such as darnley island and christmas island but also in peninsular malaysia. The kinabalu giant earthworm is one of the awe inspiring creatures.
20th october 2012 was my 68th climb with 12 staff from star publications a graceful climb in the rain. 14 aug 2019 12 00 am. A full 70 cm long when stretched out the animal is not your average garden worm. It was raining heavily and some giant earthworms crawled out from the soil.