Adele Ferguson - Palouse worm, TV ruling qualify for comment

ITEM—The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has agreed to take another look at whether the rare giant Palouse earthworm deserves protection as an endangered species. A petition to do so was rejected in 2007 by a finding there wasn’t enough information to conclude the worm needs protection. Old reports described the worm as 3 feet long, smelling like a lily and a spitter. New specimens found this spring near Moscow, Idaho, were no more than 12 inches fully extended.

COMMENT—Needs protection from what? A robin trying to down one would probably choke to death.

ITEM—In a sharp rebuke of the Bush-era c...