When these worms hatch in 12 months they are around 20 centimetres (7.9 in) long at birth. They breed in the warmer months and produce egg capsules that are 4 centimetres (1.6 in) to 7 centimetres (2.8 in) in length which are laid in their burrows.
They have relatively long life spans for invertebrates and can take 5 years to reach maturity.
These worms live in deep burrow systems and require water in their environment to respire. They live in the subsoil of blue, grey or red clay soils along stream banks and some south- or west-facing hills of their remaining habitat which is in Gippsland in Victoria, Australia. They have a dark purple head and a blue-grey body, and about 300 to 400 body segments. On average they weigh about 200 grams (0.44 lb). These giant earthworms average 1 metre (3.3 ft) long and 2 centimetres (0.79 in) in diameter and can reach 3 metres (9.8 ft) in length however, their body is able to expand and contract making them appear much larger. In the end just one of the 25,000 punters wanted their money back, and Download’s debut was deemed an overwhelming success.The giant Gippsland earthworm, Megascolides australis, is one of Australia's 1,000 native earthworm species. ‘We were a headliner down in our first year, which was a complete disaster,’ he says. Festival booker Andy Copping was convinced it was going to be a catastrophe after the headliner, Limp Bizkit, cancelled just weeks before. So just like the IRL event, you had to be there… And there has been a festival every year since, including during the pandemic, when virtual events were staged with the launch of Download TV, which, despite its name, couldn’t be downloaded to watch at a later date.
Tickets in that first year included a special code that allowed festival-goers to download tracks for free. Three years earlier, Metallica had successfully sued Napster (then a peer-to-peer filesharing pioneer). Back in 2003, downloading music was still a controversial concept. Glad you asked: the reason makes for an interesting trip down a musical memory lane. These days it has grown into a four-day spectacular and has, in the past, spawned spin-off events in Paris, Sydney, Melbourne and Germany.
Download spans four days but used to be a two day camping festival (Picture: Joseph Okpako/WireImage)
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