Toad
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Toad
@Oroborous2
Anaxyrus americanus









Most of the earthworms you find in your North American garden are invaders. Glaciers scraped the native earthworms out of the upper Midwest and Northeast about 10,000 years ago. The forests that grew back evolved without them. Native plants, salamanders, ground-nesting birds, and entire soil ecosystems were built around a deep, slow-decomposing layer of leaf litter on the forest floor. European earthworms, brought over in ship ballast and root balls, eat that leaf litter fast. The duff layer disappears. Native wildflowers (trillium, trout lily, wild ginger) lose their growing medium. Salamanders lose their cool, moist habitat. Tree seedlings struggle to take root in the bare, compacted soil. In your garden, earthworms are mostly fine. In the woods, they're a slow-moving ecological disaster nobody talks about. If you fish, don't dump your bait worms in the woods. If you garden near a forest, keep your compost contained. The earthworms in your tomatoes don't belong in the woods.







I have never seen a cyclist with a good physique they always look droopy






