For ego comfort on a jet

I do now deeply regret

my rash decision to get

an emotional support pet.

The worse of it I now fret

was the choice of my egret.

Big trouble  I was fast beset

An egret pet is a dodgy bet.

This bird often needs a vet.

It gets sick when it gets wet.

So now I’m deeply in debt

and caught up in an awful net.

This egret makes me upset.

It’s an error I won’t forget.

An egret is no great asset.

A worse pet I’ve never met.

Shared with permission of Felix Gagliano

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BIOLOGY LESSON: Worms Do It

Sexual reproduction involves two earthworms. The two earthworms produce a slime tube and grip onto each other using the tubercula pubertatis (located on the saddle). The slime tube provides the right environment for the two earthworms to exchange sperm, with each earthworm storing the sperm of its partner for use later. Because both earthworms are performing the function of both a male and female during sexual reproduction, they are known as simultaneous hermaphrodites.

• Asexual reproduction can also be undertaken by some species of earthworm. This involves a single earthworm producing young from unfertilised eggs and is known as parthenogenesis.
• Flatworms reproduce by a process called fragmentation, and several other species.