Earthworm Attack

Earthworms are also sold as food for human consumption. Noke is a culinary term used by the Māori of New Zealand, to refer to earthworms which are considered delicacies for their chiefs.
Taxonomy and distribution
Within the world of taxonomy the stable 'Classical System' of Michaelsen (1900) and Stephenson (1930) was gradually eroded by the controversy over how to classify earthworms such that Fender and McKey-Fender (1990) went so far as to say "The family-level classification of the megascolecid earthworms is in chaos." Over the years, many scientists developed their own classification systems for earthworms, which led to confusion, and these systems have been and still continue to be revised and updated. The classification system used, developed by Blakemore (2000), is a modern reversion to the Classical System that is historically proven and widely accepted.