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Where is the museum where you can walk inside a giant earthworm?

Australian giant earthworms living in the hills of South West Gipsland can reach 4 meters in length.

Not far from the city of Bass in Australia is a museum-attraction in the form of a 100-meter earthworm. Here you can travel "inside" the worm itself and along the worm passages on all fours.

Authors: Jimmy Wales, Larry Sanger

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