- Giant Gippsland earthworms have a soft skin, so they need to live in permanent, moist burrow systems
- The largest adult specimens measure up to 1.5 metres in length and are about the width of an adult thumb
- South Gippsland farmers report hearing gurgling sounds when the worms move through their tunnels close by
"It sounds like water gurgling down a bathplug,"Ms Taylor said.
"When the surveyors came out, they came with big sticks and walked around and would prod ... to stir up activity down there and then would stop, listen, and you'd hear a gurgling noise which is the worms moving through the earth."
"It's a very localised species between Korumburra, Loch and Warragul — because it's a very restricted habitat, it'd be great to look after that habitat as best we can."