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Chernobyl worms clue to cancer studies
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Microscopic worms exposed to radiation after the Chernobyl nuclear disaster could offer future cues to treatment for cancer.
Scientists who collected the creatures from the 30 km exclusion zone around the Ukraine plant discovered them unaffected by almost 40 years of high radiation levels.
They say this could have implications for research concerned with why some people with a genetic predisposition for cancer develop it and others don’t.
The Chernobyl power station, then part of the USSR, suffered a meltdown in April 1986, transforming the surrounding region into a desolate radioactive landscape.
While people were evacuated from the region, recent research has found that animals living within the exclusion zone are physically and genetically different from counterparts in other parts of the world.
In the new study, researchers from New York University in the USA examined microscopic worms called nematodes that still live in the region to see what effect radiation has had on their genetic makeup.
OPS: Matthew Rockman, NYU professor of biology, looks at nematodes under a microscope in a makeshift lab in a Kyiv hotel.
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Chernobyl worms clue to cancer studies
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Worms 1
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07/03/2024
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Microscopic worms exposed to radiation after the Chernobyl nuclear disaster could offer future cues to treatment for cancer.
Scientists who collected the creatures from the 30 km exclusion zone around the Ukraine plant discovered them unaffected by almost 40 years of high radiation levels.
They say this could have implications for research concerned with why some people with a genetic predisposition for cancer develop it and others don’t.
The Chernobyl power station, then part of the USSR, suffered a meltdown in April 1986, transforming the surrounding region into a desolate radioactive landscape.
While people were evacuated from the region, recent research has found that animals living within the exclusion zone are physically and genetically different from counterparts in other parts of the world.
In the new study, researchers from New York University in the USA examined microscopic worms called nematodes that still live in the region to see what effect radiation has had on their genetic makeup.
OPS: NYU researcher Sophia Tintori in the Chornobyl exclusion zone wearing personal protective equipment to safeguard against radioactive dust and debris.
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Chernobyl worms clue to cancer studies
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Worms 1
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07/03/2024
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Pictures must credit: Sophia Tintori/NYU
Microscopic worms exposed to radiation after the Chernobyl nuclear disaster could offer future cues to treatment for cancer.
Scientists who collected the creatures from the 30 km exclusion zone around the Ukraine plant discovered them unaffected by almost 40 years of high radiation levels.
They say this could have implications for research concerned with why some people with a genetic predisposition for cancer develop it and others don’t.
The Chernobyl power station, then part of the USSR, suffered a meltdown in April 1986, transforming the surrounding region into a desolate radioactive landscape.
While people were evacuated from the region, recent research has found that animals living within the exclusion zone are physically and genetically different from counterparts in other parts of the world.
In the new study, researchers from New York University in the USA examined microscopic worms called nematodes that still live in the region to see what effect radiation has had on their genetic makeup.
OPS Worms collected in the Chornobyl Exclusion Zone, as seen under a microscope.
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Chernobyl worms clue to cancer studies
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Worms 1
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07/03/2024
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Pictures must credit: Sophia Tintori/NYU
Microscopic worms exposed to radiation after the Chernobyl nuclear disaster could offer future cues to treatment for cancer.
Scientists who collected the creatures from the 30 km exclusion zone around the Ukraine plant discovered them unaffected by almost 40 years of high radiation levels.
They say this could have implications for research concerned with why some people with a genetic predisposition for cancer develop it and others don’t.
The Chernobyl power station, then part of the USSR, suffered a meltdown in April 1986, transforming the surrounding region into a desolate radioactive landscape.
While people were evacuated from the region, recent research has found that animals living within the exclusion zone are physically and genetically different from counterparts in other parts of the world.
In the new study, researchers from New York University in the USA examined microscopic worms called nematodes that still live in the region to see what effect radiation has had on their genetic makeup.
OPS Worms collected in the Chornobyl Exclusion Zone, as seen under a microscope.
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'Amazing but absurd': how worm-charming is drawing Cornish art back to its roots
Among artist Georgia Gendall's projects is a riotous annual competition to lure these creatures from the soil - hopefully shifting some local cliches with them.
In a field in Falmouth, a crowd is preparing for battle. "I don't hug my enemies!" one friend tells another as they register for the town's third annual Worm Charming Championships. It's a war on two fronts: between man and beast, as we attempt to lure recalcitrant earthworms out of the community centre sports pitch, and between the 100 plots, each occupied by a team hoping to win one of three invertebrate-themed trophies.
Worm charming - or grunting, or fiddling - is an age-old art and an established competitive sport of several decades: a notched wooden stick is scraped close to the earth, the vibrations mimicking the rhythms of rain to bring worms up to the earth, where they are harvested for bait. But on this bright blue Sunday afternoon in Cornwall, traditional methods pale in comparison with the unconventional (and it's a peaceful operation: all worms caught will be returned to the wild).
Georgina Glendall, the organiser of the event.
The Falmouth Worm Charming Championships, in Cornwall, UK.
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'Amazing but absurd': how worm-charming is drawing Cornish art back to its roots
Among artist Georgia Gendall's projects is a riotous annual competition to lure these creatures from the soil - hopefully shifting some local cliches with them.
In a field in Falmouth, a crowd is preparing for battle. "I don't hug my enemies!" one friend tells another as they register for the town's third annual Worm Charming Championships. It's a war on two fronts: between man and beast, as we attempt to lure recalcitrant earthworms out of the community centre sports pitch, and between the 100 plots, each occupied by a team hoping to win one of three invertebrate-themed trophies.
Worm charming - or grunting, or fiddling - is an age-old art and an established competitive sport of several decades: a notched wooden stick is scraped close to the earth, the vibrations mimicking the rhythms of rain to bring worms up to the earth, where they are harvested for bait. But on this bright blue Sunday afternoon in Cornwall, traditional methods pale in comparison with the unconventional (and it's a peaceful operation: all worms caught will be returned to the wild).
The Falmouth Worm Charming Championships, in Cornwall, UK.
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'Amazing but absurd': how worm-charming is drawing Cornish art back to its roots
Among artist Georgia Gendall's projects is a riotous annual competition to lure these creatures from the soil - hopefully shifting some local cliches with them.
In a field in Falmouth, a crowd is preparing for battle. "I don't hug my enemies!" one friend tells another as they register for the town's third annual Worm Charming Championships. It's a war on two fronts: between man and beast, as we attempt to lure recalcitrant earthworms out of the community centre sports pitch, and between the 100 plots, each occupied by a team hoping to win one of three invertebrate-themed trophies.
Worm charming - or grunting, or fiddling - is an age-old art and an established competitive sport of several decades: a notched wooden stick is scraped close to the earth, the vibrations mimicking the rhythms of rain to bring worms up to the earth, where they are harvested for bait. But on this bright blue Sunday afternoon in Cornwall, traditional methods pale in comparison with the unconventional (and it's a peaceful operation: all worms caught will be returned to the wild).
The Falmouth Worm Charming Championships, in Cornwall, UK.
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'Amazing but absurd': how worm-charming is drawing Cornish art back to its roots
Among artist Georgia Gendall's projects is a riotous annual competition to lure these creatures from the soil - hopefully shifting some local cliches with them.
In a field in Falmouth, a crowd is preparing for battle. "I don't hug my enemies!" one friend tells another as they register for the town's third annual Worm Charming Championships. It's a war on two fronts: between man and beast, as we attempt to lure recalcitrant earthworms out of the community centre sports pitch, and between the 100 plots, each occupied by a team hoping to win one of three invertebrate-themed trophies.
Worm charming - or grunting, or fiddling - is an age-old art and an established competitive sport of several decades: a notched wooden stick is scraped close to the earth, the vibrations mimicking the rhythms of rain to bring worms up to the earth, where they are harvested for bait. But on this bright blue Sunday afternoon in Cornwall, traditional methods pale in comparison with the unconventional (and it's a peaceful operation: all worms caught will be returned to the wild).
The Falmouth Worm Charming Championships, in Cornwall, UK.
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'Amazing but absurd': how worm-charming is drawing Cornish art back to its roots
Among artist Georgia Gendall's projects is a riotous annual competition to lure these creatures from the soil - hopefully shifting some local cliches with them.
In a field in Falmouth, a crowd is preparing for battle. "I don't hug my enemies!" one friend tells another as they register for the town's third annual Worm Charming Championships. It's a war on two fronts: between man and beast, as we attempt to lure recalcitrant earthworms out of the community centre sports pitch, and between the 100 plots, each occupied by a team hoping to win one of three invertebrate-themed trophies.
Worm charming - or grunting, or fiddling - is an age-old art and an established competitive sport of several decades: a notched wooden stick is scraped close to the earth, the vibrations mimicking the rhythms of rain to bring worms up to the earth, where they are harvested for bait. But on this bright blue Sunday afternoon in Cornwall, traditional methods pale in comparison with the unconventional (and it's a peaceful operation: all worms caught will be returned to the wild).
Georgina Glendall, the organiser of the event.
The Falmouth Worm Charming Championships, in Cornwall, UK.
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'Amazing but absurd': how worm-charming is drawing Cornish art back to its roots
Among artist Georgia Gendall's projects is a riotous annual competition to lure these creatures from the soil - hopefully shifting some local cliches with them.
In a field in Falmouth, a crowd is preparing for battle. "I don't hug my enemies!" one friend tells another as they register for the town's third annual Worm Charming Championships. It's a war on two fronts: between man and beast, as we attempt to lure recalcitrant earthworms out of the community centre sports pitch, and between the 100 plots, each occupied by a team hoping to win one of three invertebrate-themed trophies.
Worm charming - or grunting, or fiddling - is an age-old art and an established competitive sport of several decades: a notched wooden stick is scraped close to the earth, the vibrations mimicking the rhythms of rain to bring worms up to the earth, where they are harvested for bait. But on this bright blue Sunday afternoon in Cornwall, traditional methods pale in comparison with the unconventional (and it's a peaceful operation: all worms caught will be returned to the wild).
The Falmouth Worm Charming Championships, in Cornwall, UK.
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'Amazing but absurd': how worm-charming is drawing Cornish art back to its roots
Among artist Georgia Gendall's projects is a riotous annual competition to lure these creatures from the soil - hopefully shifting some local cliches with them.
In a field in Falmouth, a crowd is preparing for battle. "I don't hug my enemies!" one friend tells another as they register for the town's third annual Worm Charming Championships. It's a war on two fronts: between man and beast, as we attempt to lure recalcitrant earthworms out of the community centre sports pitch, and between the 100 plots, each occupied by a team hoping to win one of three invertebrate-themed trophies.
Worm charming - or grunting, or fiddling - is an age-old art and an established competitive sport of several decades: a notched wooden stick is scraped close to the earth, the vibrations mimicking the rhythms of rain to bring worms up to the earth, where they are harvested for bait. But on this bright blue Sunday afternoon in Cornwall, traditional methods pale in comparison with the unconventional (and it's a peaceful operation: all worms caught will be returned to the wild).
The Falmouth Worm Charming Championships, in Cornwall, UK.
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'Amazing but absurd': how worm-charming is drawing Cornish art back to its roots
Among artist Georgia Gendall's projects is a riotous annual competition to lure these creatures from the soil - hopefully shifting some local cliches with them.
In a field in Falmouth, a crowd is preparing for battle. "I don't hug my enemies!" one friend tells another as they register for the town's third annual Worm Charming Championships. It's a war on two fronts: between man and beast, as we attempt to lure recalcitrant earthworms out of the community centre sports pitch, and between the 100 plots, each occupied by a team hoping to win one of three invertebrate-themed trophies.
Worm charming - or grunting, or fiddling - is an age-old art and an established competitive sport of several decades: a notched wooden stick is scraped close to the earth, the vibrations mimicking the rhythms of rain to bring worms up to the earth, where they are harvested for bait. But on this bright blue Sunday afternoon in Cornwall, traditional methods pale in comparison with the unconventional (and it's a peaceful operation: all worms caught will be returned to the wild).
Georgina Glendall, the organiser of the event.
The Falmouth Worm Charming Championships, in Cornwall, UK.
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'Amazing but absurd': how worm-charming is drawing Cornish art back to its roots
Among artist Georgia Gendall's projects is a riotous annual competition to lure these creatures from the soil - hopefully shifting some local cliches with them.
In a field in Falmouth, a crowd is preparing for battle. "I don't hug my enemies!" one friend tells another as they register for the town's third annual Worm Charming Championships. It's a war on two fronts: between man and beast, as we attempt to lure recalcitrant earthworms out of the community centre sports pitch, and between the 100 plots, each occupied by a team hoping to win one of three invertebrate-themed trophies.
Worm charming - or grunting, or fiddling - is an age-old art and an established competitive sport of several decades: a notched wooden stick is scraped close to the earth, the vibrations mimicking the rhythms of rain to bring worms up to the earth, where they are harvested for bait. But on this bright blue Sunday afternoon in Cornwall, traditional methods pale in comparison with the unconventional (and it's a peaceful operation: all worms caught will be returned to the wild).
Georgina Glendall, the organiser of the event.
The Falmouth Worm Charming Championships, in Cornwall, UK.
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'Amazing but absurd': how worm-charming is drawing Cornish art back to its roots
Among artist Georgia Gendall's projects is a riotous annual competition to lure these creatures from the soil - hopefully shifting some local cliches with them.
In a field in Falmouth, a crowd is preparing for battle. "I don't hug my enemies!" one friend tells another as they register for the town's third annual Worm Charming Championships. It's a war on two fronts: between man and beast, as we attempt to lure recalcitrant earthworms out of the community centre sports pitch, and between the 100 plots, each occupied by a team hoping to win one of three invertebrate-themed trophies.
Worm charming - or grunting, or fiddling - is an age-old art and an established competitive sport of several decades: a notched wooden stick is scraped close to the earth, the vibrations mimicking the rhythms of rain to bring worms up to the earth, where they are harvested for bait. But on this bright blue Sunday afternoon in Cornwall, traditional methods pale in comparison with the unconventional (and it's a peaceful operation: all worms caught will be returned to the wild).
The Falmouth Worm Charming Championships, in Cornwall, UK.
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'Amazing but absurd': how worm-charming is drawing Cornish art back to its roots
Among artist Georgia Gendall's projects is a riotous annual competition to lure these creatures from the soil - hopefully shifting some local cliches with them.
In a field in Falmouth, a crowd is preparing for battle. "I don't hug my enemies!" one friend tells another as they register for the town's third annual Worm Charming Championships. It's a war on two fronts: between man and beast, as we attempt to lure recalcitrant earthworms out of the community centre sports pitch, and between the 100 plots, each occupied by a team hoping to win one of three invertebrate-themed trophies.
Worm charming - or grunting, or fiddling - is an age-old art and an established competitive sport of several decades: a notched wooden stick is scraped close to the earth, the vibrations mimicking the rhythms of rain to bring worms up to the earth, where they are harvested for bait. But on this bright blue Sunday afternoon in Cornwall, traditional methods pale in comparison with the unconventional (and it's a peaceful operation: all worms caught will be returned to the wild).
The Falmouth Worm Charming Championships, in Cornwall, UK.
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'Amazing but absurd': how worm-charming is drawing Cornish art back to its roots
Among artist Georgia Gendall's projects is a riotous annual competition to lure these creatures from the soil - hopefully shifting some local cliches with them.
In a field in Falmouth, a crowd is preparing for battle. "I don't hug my enemies!" one friend tells another as they register for the town's third annual Worm Charming Championships. It's a war on two fronts: between man and beast, as we attempt to lure recalcitrant earthworms out of the community centre sports pitch, and between the 100 plots, each occupied by a team hoping to win one of three invertebrate-themed trophies.
Worm charming - or grunting, or fiddling - is an age-old art and an established competitive sport of several decades: a notched wooden stick is scraped close to the earth, the vibrations mimicking the rhythms of rain to bring worms up to the earth, where they are harvested for bait. But on this bright blue Sunday afternoon in Cornwall, traditional methods pale in comparison with the unconventional (and it's a peaceful operation: all worms caught will be returned to the wild).
The Falmouth Worm Charming Championships, in Cornwall, UK.
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'Amazing but absurd': how worm-charming is drawing Cornish art back to its roots
Among artist Georgia Gendall's projects is a riotous annual competition to lure these creatures from the soil - hopefully shifting some local cliches with them.
In a field in Falmouth, a crowd is preparing for battle. "I don't hug my enemies!" one friend tells another as they register for the town's third annual Worm Charming Championships. It's a war on two fronts: between man and beast, as we attempt to lure recalcitrant earthworms out of the community centre sports pitch, and between the 100 plots, each occupied by a team hoping to win one of three invertebrate-themed trophies.
Worm charming - or grunting, or fiddling - is an age-old art and an established competitive sport of several decades: a notched wooden stick is scraped close to the earth, the vibrations mimicking the rhythms of rain to bring worms up to the earth, where they are harvested for bait. But on this bright blue Sunday afternoon in Cornwall, traditional methods pale in comparison with the unconventional (and it's a peaceful operation: all worms caught will be returned to the wild).
The Falmouth Worm Charming Championships, in Cornwall, UK.
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'Amazing but absurd': how worm-charming is drawing Cornish art back to its roots
Among artist Georgia Gendall's projects is a riotous annual competition to lure these creatures from the soil - hopefully shifting some local cliches with them.
In a field in Falmouth, a crowd is preparing for battle. "I don't hug my enemies!" one friend tells another as they register for the town's third annual Worm Charming Championships. It's a war on two fronts: between man and beast, as we attempt to lure recalcitrant earthworms out of the community centre sports pitch, and between the 100 plots, each occupied by a team hoping to win one of three invertebrate-themed trophies.
Worm charming - or grunting, or fiddling - is an age-old art and an established competitive sport of several decades: a notched wooden stick is scraped close to the earth, the vibrations mimicking the rhythms of rain to bring worms up to the earth, where they are harvested for bait. But on this bright blue Sunday afternoon in Cornwall, traditional methods pale in comparison with the unconventional (and it's a peaceful operation: all worms caught will be returned to the wild).
The Falmouth Worm Charming Championships, in Cornwall, UK.
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'Amazing but absurd': how worm-charming is drawing Cornish art back to its roots
Among artist Georgia Gendall's projects is a riotous annual competition to lure these creatures from the soil - hopefully shifting some local cliches with them.
In a field in Falmouth, a crowd is preparing for battle. "I don't hug my enemies!" one friend tells another as they register for the town's third annual Worm Charming Championships. It's a war on two fronts: between man and beast, as we attempt to lure recalcitrant earthworms out of the community centre sports pitch, and between the 100 plots, each occupied by a team hoping to win one of three invertebrate-themed trophies.
Worm charming - or grunting, or fiddling - is an age-old art and an established competitive sport of several decades: a notched wooden stick is scraped close to the earth, the vibrations mimicking the rhythms of rain to bring worms up to the earth, where they are harvested for bait. But on this bright blue Sunday afternoon in Cornwall, traditional methods pale in comparison with the unconventional (and it's a peaceful operation: all worms caught will be returned to the wild).
The Falmouth Worm Charming Championships, in Cornwall, UK.
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'Amazing but absurd': how worm-charming is drawing Cornish art back to its roots
Among artist Georgia Gendall's projects is a riotous annual competition to lure these creatures from the soil - hopefully shifting some local cliches with them.
In a field in Falmouth, a crowd is preparing for battle. "I don't hug my enemies!" one friend tells another as they register for the town's third annual Worm Charming Championships. It's a war on two fronts: between man and beast, as we attempt to lure recalcitrant earthworms out of the community centre sports pitch, and between the 100 plots, each occupied by a team hoping to win one of three invertebrate-themed trophies.
Worm charming - or grunting, or fiddling - is an age-old art and an established competitive sport of several decades: a notched wooden stick is scraped close to the earth, the vibrations mimicking the rhythms of rain to bring worms up to the earth, where they are harvested for bait. But on this bright blue Sunday afternoon in Cornwall, traditional methods pale in comparison with the unconventional (and it's a peaceful operation: all worms caught will be returned to the wild).
The Falmouth Worm Charming Championships, in Cornwall, UK.
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'Amazing but absurd': how worm-charming is drawing Cornish art back to its roots
Among artist Georgia Gendall's projects is a riotous annual competition to lure these creatures from the soil - hopefully shifting some local cliches with them.
In a field in Falmouth, a crowd is preparing for battle. "I don't hug my enemies!" one friend tells another as they register for the town's third annual Worm Charming Championships. It's a war on two fronts: between man and beast, as we attempt to lure recalcitrant earthworms out of the community centre sports pitch, and between the 100 plots, each occupied by a team hoping to win one of three invertebrate-themed trophies.
Worm charming - or grunting, or fiddling - is an age-old art and an established competitive sport of several decades: a notched wooden stick is scraped close to the earth, the vibrations mimicking the rhythms of rain to bring worms up to the earth, where they are harvested for bait. But on this bright blue Sunday afternoon in Cornwall, traditional methods pale in comparison with the unconventional (and it's a peaceful operation: all worms caught will be returned to the wild).
The Falmouth Worm Charming Championships, in Cornwall, UK.
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'Amazing but absurd': how worm-charming is drawing Cornish art back to its roots
Among artist Georgia Gendall's projects is a riotous annual competition to lure these creatures from the soil - hopefully shifting some local cliches with them.
In a field in Falmouth, a crowd is preparing for battle. "I don't hug my enemies!" one friend tells another as they register for the town's third annual Worm Charming Championships. It's a war on two fronts: between man and beast, as we attempt to lure recalcitrant earthworms out of the community centre sports pitch, and between the 100 plots, each occupied by a team hoping to win one of three invertebrate-themed trophies.
Worm charming - or grunting, or fiddling - is an age-old art and an established competitive sport of several decades: a notched wooden stick is scraped close to the earth, the vibrations mimicking the rhythms of rain to bring worms up to the earth, where they are harvested for bait. But on this bright blue Sunday afternoon in Cornwall, traditional methods pale in comparison with the unconventional (and it's a peaceful operation: all worms caught will be returned to the wild).
The Falmouth Worm Charming Championships, in Cornwall, UK.
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'Amazing but absurd': how worm-charming is drawing Cornish art back to its roots
Among artist Georgia Gendall's projects is a riotous annual competition to lure these creatures from the soil - hopefully shifting some local cliches with them.
In a field in Falmouth, a crowd is preparing for battle. "I don't hug my enemies!" one friend tells another as they register for the town's third annual Worm Charming Championships. It's a war on two fronts: between man and beast, as we attempt to lure recalcitrant earthworms out of the community centre sports pitch, and between the 100 plots, each occupied by a team hoping to win one of three invertebrate-themed trophies.
Worm charming - or grunting, or fiddling - is an age-old art and an established competitive sport of several decades: a notched wooden stick is scraped close to the earth, the vibrations mimicking the rhythms of rain to bring worms up to the earth, where they are harvested for bait. But on this bright blue Sunday afternoon in Cornwall, traditional methods pale in comparison with the unconventional (and it's a peaceful operation: all worms caught will be returned to the wild).
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'Amazing but absurd': how worm-charming is drawing Cornish art back to its roots
Among artist Georgia Gendall's projects is a riotous annual competition to lure these creatures from the soil - hopefully shifting some local cliches with them.
In a field in Falmouth, a crowd is preparing for battle. "I don't hug my enemies!" one friend tells another as they register for the town's third annual Worm Charming Championships. It's a war on two fronts: between man and beast, as we attempt to lure recalcitrant earthworms out of the community centre sports pitch, and between the 100 plots, each occupied by a team hoping to win one of three invertebrate-themed trophies.
Worm charming - or grunting, or fiddling - is an age-old art and an established competitive sport of several decades: a notched wooden stick is scraped close to the earth, the vibrations mimicking the rhythms of rain to bring worms up to the earth, where they are harvested for bait. But on this bright blue Sunday afternoon in Cornwall, traditional methods pale in comparison with the unconventional (and it's a peaceful operation: all worms caught will be returned to the wild).
The Falmouth Worm Charming Championships, in Cornwall, UK.
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'Amazing but absurd': how worm-charming is drawing Cornish art back to its roots
Among artist Georgia Gendall's projects is a riotous annual competition to lure these creatures from the soil - hopefully shifting some local cliches with them.
In a field in Falmouth, a crowd is preparing for battle. "I don't hug my enemies!" one friend tells another as they register for the town's third annual Worm Charming Championships. It's a war on two fronts: between man and beast, as we attempt to lure recalcitrant earthworms out of the community centre sports pitch, and between the 100 plots, each occupied by a team hoping to win one of three invertebrate-themed trophies.
Worm charming - or grunting, or fiddling - is an age-old art and an established competitive sport of several decades: a notched wooden stick is scraped close to the earth, the vibrations mimicking the rhythms of rain to bring worms up to the earth, where they are harvested for bait. But on this bright blue Sunday afternoon in Cornwall, traditional methods pale in comparison with the unconventional (and it's a peaceful operation: all worms caught will be returned to the wild).
The Falmouth Worm Charming Championships, in Cornwall, UK.
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'Amazing but absurd': how worm-charming is drawing Cornish art back to its roots
Among artist Georgia Gendall's projects is a riotous annual competition to lure these creatures from the soil - hopefully shifting some local cliches with them.
In a field in Falmouth, a crowd is preparing for battle. "I don't hug my enemies!" one friend tells another as they register for the town's third annual Worm Charming Championships. It's a war on two fronts: between man and beast, as we attempt to lure recalcitrant earthworms out of the community centre sports pitch, and between the 100 plots, each occupied by a team hoping to win one of three invertebrate-themed trophies.
Worm charming - or grunting, or fiddling - is an age-old art and an established competitive sport of several decades: a notched wooden stick is scraped close to the earth, the vibrations mimicking the rhythms of rain to bring worms up to the earth, where they are harvested for bait. But on this bright blue Sunday afternoon in Cornwall, traditional methods pale in comparison with the unconventional (and it's a peaceful operation: all worms caught will be returned to the wild).
The Falmouth Worm Charming Championships, in Cornwall, UK.
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'Amazing but absurd': how worm-charming is drawing Cornish art back to its roots
Among artist Georgia Gendall's projects is a riotous annual competition to lure these creatures from the soil - hopefully shifting some local cliches with them.
In a field in Falmouth, a crowd is preparing for battle. "I don't hug my enemies!" one friend tells another as they register for the town's third annual Worm Charming Championships. It's a war on two fronts: between man and beast, as we attempt to lure recalcitrant earthworms out of the community centre sports pitch, and between the 100 plots, each occupied by a team hoping to win one of three invertebrate-themed trophies.
Worm charming - or grunting, or fiddling - is an age-old art and an established competitive sport of several decades: a notched wooden stick is scraped close to the earth, the vibrations mimicking the rhythms of rain to bring worms up to the earth, where they are harvested for bait. But on this bright blue Sunday afternoon in Cornwall, traditional methods pale in comparison with the unconventional (and it's a peaceful operation: all worms caught will be returned to the wild).
The Falmouth Worm Charming Championships, in Cornwall, UK.
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'Amazing but absurd': how worm-charming is drawing Cornish art back to its roots
Among artist Georgia Gendall's projects is a riotous annual competition to lure these creatures from the soil - hopefully shifting some local cliches with them.
In a field in Falmouth, a crowd is preparing for battle. "I don't hug my enemies!" one friend tells another as they register for the town's third annual Worm Charming Championships. It's a war on two fronts: between man and beast, as we attempt to lure recalcitrant earthworms out of the community centre sports pitch, and between the 100 plots, each occupied by a team hoping to win one of three invertebrate-themed trophies.
Worm charming - or grunting, or fiddling - is an age-old art and an established competitive sport of several decades: a notched wooden stick is scraped close to the earth, the vibrations mimicking the rhythms of rain to bring worms up to the earth, where they are harvested for bait. But on this bright blue Sunday afternoon in Cornwall, traditional methods pale in comparison with the unconventional (and it's a peaceful operation: all worms caught will be returned to the wild).
The Falmouth Worm Charming Championships, in Cornwall, UK.
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'Amazing but absurd': how worm-charming is drawing Cornish art back to its roots
Among artist Georgia Gendall's projects is a riotous annual competition to lure these creatures from the soil - hopefully shifting some local cliches with them.
In a field in Falmouth, a crowd is preparing for battle. "I don't hug my enemies!" one friend tells another as they register for the town's third annual Worm Charming Championships. It's a war on two fronts: between man and beast, as we attempt to lure recalcitrant earthworms out of the community centre sports pitch, and between the 100 plots, each occupied by a team hoping to win one of three invertebrate-themed trophies.
Worm charming - or grunting, or fiddling - is an age-old art and an established competitive sport of several decades: a notched wooden stick is scraped close to the earth, the vibrations mimicking the rhythms of rain to bring worms up to the earth, where they are harvested for bait. But on this bright blue Sunday afternoon in Cornwall, traditional methods pale in comparison with the unconventional (and it's a peaceful operation: all worms caught will be returned to the wild).
The Falmouth Worm Charming Championships, in Cornwall, UK.
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'Amazing but absurd': how worm-charming is drawing Cornish art back to its roots
Among artist Georgia Gendall's projects is a riotous annual competition to lure these creatures from the soil - hopefully shifting some local cliches with them.
In a field in Falmouth, a crowd is preparing for battle. "I don't hug my enemies!" one friend tells another as they register for the town's third annual Worm Charming Championships. It's a war on two fronts: between man and beast, as we attempt to lure recalcitrant earthworms out of the community centre sports pitch, and between the 100 plots, each occupied by a team hoping to win one of three invertebrate-themed trophies.
Worm charming - or grunting, or fiddling - is an age-old art and an established competitive sport of several decades: a notched wooden stick is scraped close to the earth, the vibrations mimicking the rhythms of rain to bring worms up to the earth, where they are harvested for bait. But on this bright blue Sunday afternoon in Cornwall, traditional methods pale in comparison with the unconventional (and it's a peaceful operation: all worms caught will be returned to the wild).
The Falmouth Worm Charming Championships, in Cornwall, UK.
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'Amazing but absurd': how worm-charming is drawing Cornish art back to its roots
Among artist Georgia Gendall's projects is a riotous annual competition to lure these creatures from the soil - hopefully shifting some local cliches with them.
In a field in Falmouth, a crowd is preparing for battle. "I don't hug my enemies!" one friend tells another as they register for the town's third annual Worm Charming Championships. It's a war on two fronts: between man and beast, as we attempt to lure recalcitrant earthworms out of the community centre sports pitch, and between the 100 plots, each occupied by a team hoping to win one of three invertebrate-themed trophies.
Worm charming - or grunting, or fiddling - is an age-old art and an established competitive sport of several decades: a notched wooden stick is scraped close to the earth, the vibrations mimicking the rhythms of rain to bring worms up to the earth, where they are harvested for bait. But on this bright blue Sunday afternoon in Cornwall, traditional methods pale in comparison with the unconventional (and it's a peaceful operation: all worms caught will be returned to the wild).
The Falmouth Worm Charming Championships, in Cornwall, UK.
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'Amazing but absurd': how worm-charming is drawing Cornish art back to its roots
Among artist Georgia Gendall's projects is a riotous annual competition to lure these creatures from the soil - hopefully shifting some local cliches with them.
In a field in Falmouth, a crowd is preparing for battle. "I don't hug my enemies!" one friend tells another as they register for the town's third annual Worm Charming Championships. It's a war on two fronts: between man and beast, as we attempt to lure recalcitrant earthworms out of the community centre sports pitch, and between the 100 plots, each occupied by a team hoping to win one of three invertebrate-themed trophies.
Worm charming - or grunting, or fiddling - is an age-old art and an established competitive sport of several decades: a notched wooden stick is scraped close to the earth, the vibrations mimicking the rhythms of rain to bring worms up to the earth, where they are harvested for bait. But on this bright blue Sunday afternoon in Cornwall, traditional methods pale in comparison with the unconventional (and it's a peaceful operation: all worms caught will be returned to the wild).
The Falmouth Worm Charming Championships, in Cornwall, UK.
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'Amazing but absurd': how worm-charming is drawing Cornish art back to its roots
Among artist Georgia Gendall's projects is a riotous annual competition to lure these creatures from the soil - hopefully shifting some local cliches with them.
In a field in Falmouth, a crowd is preparing for battle. "I don't hug my enemies!" one friend tells another as they register for the town's third annual Worm Charming Championships. It's a war on two fronts: between man and beast, as we attempt to lure recalcitrant earthworms out of the community centre sports pitch, and between the 100 plots, each occupied by a team hoping to win one of three invertebrate-themed trophies.
Worm charming - or grunting, or fiddling - is an age-old art and an established competitive sport of several decades: a notched wooden stick is scraped close to the earth, the vibrations mimicking the rhythms of rain to bring worms up to the earth, where they are harvested for bait. But on this bright blue Sunday afternoon in Cornwall, traditional methods pale in comparison with the unconventional (and it's a peaceful operation: all worms caught will be returned to the wild).
The Falmouth Worm Charming Championships, in Cornwall, UK.
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'Amazing but absurd': how worm-charming is drawing Cornish art back to its roots
Among artist Georgia Gendall's projects is a riotous annual competition to lure these creatures from the soil - hopefully shifting some local cliches with them.
In a field in Falmouth, a crowd is preparing for battle. "I don't hug my enemies!" one friend tells another as they register for the town's third annual Worm Charming Championships. It's a war on two fronts: between man and beast, as we attempt to lure recalcitrant earthworms out of the community centre sports pitch, and between the 100 plots, each occupied by a team hoping to win one of three invertebrate-themed trophies.
Worm charming - or grunting, or fiddling - is an age-old art and an established competitive sport of several decades: a notched wooden stick is scraped close to the earth, the vibrations mimicking the rhythms of rain to bring worms up to the earth, where they are harvested for bait. But on this bright blue Sunday afternoon in Cornwall, traditional methods pale in comparison with the unconventional (and it's a peaceful operation: all worms caught will be returned to the wild).
The Falmouth Worm Charming Championships, in Cornwall, UK.
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'Amazing but absurd': how worm-charming is drawing Cornish art back to its roots
Among artist Georgia Gendall's projects is a riotous annual competition to lure these creatures from the soil - hopefully shifting some local cliches with them.
In a field in Falmouth, a crowd is preparing for battle. "I don't hug my enemies!" one friend tells another as they register for the town's third annual Worm Charming Championships. It's a war on two fronts: between man and beast, as we attempt to lure recalcitrant earthworms out of the community centre sports pitch, and between the 100 plots, each occupied by a team hoping to win one of three invertebrate-themed trophies.
Worm charming - or grunting, or fiddling - is an age-old art and an established competitive sport of several decades: a notched wooden stick is scraped close to the earth, the vibrations mimicking the rhythms of rain to bring worms up to the earth, where they are harvested for bait. But on this bright blue Sunday afternoon in Cornwall, traditional methods pale in comparison with the unconventional (and it's a peaceful operation: all worms caught will be returned to the wild).
The Falmouth Worm Charming Championships, in Cornwall, UK.
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'Amazing but absurd': how worm-charming is drawing Cornish art back to its roots
Among artist Georgia Gendall's projects is a riotous annual competition to lure these creatures from the soil - hopefully shifting some local cliches with them.
In a field in Falmouth, a crowd is preparing for battle. "I don't hug my enemies!" one friend tells another as they register for the town's third annual Worm Charming Championships. It's a war on two fronts: between man and beast, as we attempt to lure recalcitrant earthworms out of the community centre sports pitch, and between the 100 plots, each occupied by a team hoping to win one of three invertebrate-themed trophies.
Worm charming - or grunting, or fiddling - is an age-old art and an established competitive sport of several decades: a notched wooden stick is scraped close to the earth, the vibrations mimicking the rhythms of rain to bring worms up to the earth, where they are harvested for bait. But on this bright blue Sunday afternoon in Cornwall, traditional methods pale in comparison with the unconventional (and it's a peaceful operation: all worms caught will be returned to the wild).
The Falmouth Worm Charming Championships, in Cornwall, UK.
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'Amazing but absurd': how worm-charming is drawing Cornish art back to its roots
Among artist Georgia Gendall's projects is a riotous annual competition to lure these creatures from the soil - hopefully shifting some local cliches with them.
In a field in Falmouth, a crowd is preparing for battle. "I don't hug my enemies!" one friend tells another as they register for the town's third annual Worm Charming Championships. It's a war on two fronts: between man and beast, as we attempt to lure recalcitrant earthworms out of the community centre sports pitch, and between the 100 plots, each occupied by a team hoping to win one of three invertebrate-themed trophies.
Worm charming - or grunting, or fiddling - is an age-old art and an established competitive sport of several decades: a notched wooden stick is scraped close to the earth, the vibrations mimicking the rhythms of rain to bring worms up to the earth, where they are harvested for bait. But on this bright blue Sunday afternoon in Cornwall, traditional methods pale in comparison with the unconventional (and it's a peaceful operation: all worms caught will be returned to the wild).
The Falmouth Worm Charming Championships, in Cornwall, UK.
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'Amazing but absurd': how worm-charming is drawing Cornish art back to its roots
Among artist Georgia Gendall's projects is a riotous annual competition to lure these creatures from the soil - hopefully shifting some local cliches with them.
In a field in Falmouth, a crowd is preparing for battle. "I don't hug my enemies!" one friend tells another as they register for the town's third annual Worm Charming Championships. It's a war on two fronts: between man and beast, as we attempt to lure recalcitrant earthworms out of the community centre sports pitch, and between the 100 plots, each occupied by a team hoping to win one of three invertebrate-themed trophies.
Worm charming - or grunting, or fiddling - is an age-old art and an established competitive sport of several decades: a notched wooden stick is scraped close to the earth, the vibrations mimicking the rhythms of rain to bring worms up to the earth, where they are harvested for bait. But on this bright blue Sunday afternoon in Cornwall, traditional methods pale in comparison with the unconventional (and it's a peaceful operation: all worms caught will be returned to the wild).
The Falmouth Worm Charming Championships, in Cornwall, UK.
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'Amazing but absurd': how worm-charming is drawing Cornish art back to its roots
Among artist Georgia Gendall's projects is a riotous annual competition to lure these creatures from the soil - hopefully shifting some local cliches with them.
In a field in Falmouth, a crowd is preparing for battle. "I don't hug my enemies!" one friend tells another as they register for the town's third annual Worm Charming Championships. It's a war on two fronts: between man and beast, as we attempt to lure recalcitrant earthworms out of the community centre sports pitch, and between the 100 plots, each occupied by a team hoping to win one of three invertebrate-themed trophies.
Worm charming - or grunting, or fiddling - is an age-old art and an established competitive sport of several decades: a notched wooden stick is scraped close to the earth, the vibrations mimicking the rhythms of rain to bring worms up to the earth, where they are harvested for bait. But on this bright blue Sunday afternoon in Cornwall, traditional methods pale in comparison with the unconventional (and it's a peaceful operation: all worms caught will be returned to the wild).
The Falmouth Worm Charming Championships, in Cornwall, UK.
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'Amazing but absurd': how worm-charming is drawing Cornish art back to its roots
Among artist Georgia Gendall's projects is a riotous annual competition to lure these creatures from the soil - hopefully shifting some local cliches with them.
In a field in Falmouth, a crowd is preparing for battle. "I don't hug my enemies!" one friend tells another as they register for the town's third annual Worm Charming Championships. It's a war on two fronts: between man and beast, as we attempt to lure recalcitrant earthworms out of the community centre sports pitch, and between the 100 plots, each occupied by a team hoping to win one of three invertebrate-themed trophies.
Worm charming - or grunting, or fiddling - is an age-old art and an established competitive sport of several decades: a notched wooden stick is scraped close to the earth, the vibrations mimicking the rhythms of rain to bring worms up to the earth, where they are harvested for bait. But on this bright blue Sunday afternoon in Cornwall, traditional methods pale in comparison with the unconventional (and it's a peaceful operation: all worms caught will be returned to the wild).
The Falmouth Worm Charming Championships, in Cornwall, UK.
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'Amazing but absurd': how worm-charming is drawing Cornish art back to its roots
Among artist Georgia Gendall's projects is a riotous annual competition to lure these creatures from the soil - hopefully shifting some local cliches with them.
In a field in Falmouth, a crowd is preparing for battle. "I don't hug my enemies!" one friend tells another as they register for the town's third annual Worm Charming Championships. It's a war on two fronts: between man and beast, as we attempt to lure recalcitrant earthworms out of the community centre sports pitch, and between the 100 plots, each occupied by a team hoping to win one of three invertebrate-themed trophies.
Worm charming - or grunting, or fiddling - is an age-old art and an established competitive sport of several decades: a notched wooden stick is scraped close to the earth, the vibrations mimicking the rhythms of rain to bring worms up to the earth, where they are harvested for bait. But on this bright blue Sunday afternoon in Cornwall, traditional methods pale in comparison with the unconventional (and it's a peaceful operation: all worms caught will be returned to the wild).
The Falmouth Worm Charming Championships, in Cornwall, UK.
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'Amazing but absurd': how worm-charming is drawing Cornish art back to its roots
Among artist Georgia Gendall's projects is a riotous annual competition to lure these creatures from the soil - hopefully shifting some local cliches with them.
In a field in Falmouth, a crowd is preparing for battle. "I don't hug my enemies!" one friend tells another as they register for the town's third annual Worm Charming Championships. It's a war on two fronts: between man and beast, as we attempt to lure recalcitrant earthworms out of the community centre sports pitch, and between the 100 plots, each occupied by a team hoping to win one of three invertebrate-themed trophies.
Worm charming - or grunting, or fiddling - is an age-old art and an established competitive sport of several decades: a notched wooden stick is scraped close to the earth, the vibrations mimicking the rhythms of rain to bring worms up to the earth, where they are harvested for bait. But on this bright blue Sunday afternoon in Cornwall, traditional methods pale in comparison with the unconventional (and it's a peaceful operation: all worms caught will be returned to the wild).
The Falmouth Worm Charming Championships, in Cornwall, UK.
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'Amazing but absurd': how worm-charming is drawing Cornish art back to its roots
Among artist Georgia Gendall's projects is a riotous annual competition to lure these creatures from the soil - hopefully shifting some local cliches with them.
In a field in Falmouth, a crowd is preparing for battle. "I don't hug my enemies!" one friend tells another as they register for the town's third annual Worm Charming Championships. It's a war on two fronts: between man and beast, as we attempt to lure recalcitrant earthworms out of the community centre sports pitch, and between the 100 plots, each occupied by a team hoping to win one of three invertebrate-themed trophies.
Worm charming - or grunting, or fiddling - is an age-old art and an established competitive sport of several decades: a notched wooden stick is scraped close to the earth, the vibrations mimicking the rhythms of rain to bring worms up to the earth, where they are harvested for bait. But on this bright blue Sunday afternoon in Cornwall, traditional methods pale in comparison with the unconventional (and it's a peaceful operation: all worms caught will be returned to the wild).
The Falmouth Worm Charming Championships, in Cornwall, UK.
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'Amazing but absurd': how worm-charming is drawing Cornish art back to its roots
Among artist Georgia Gendall's projects is a riotous annual competition to lure these creatures from the soil - hopefully shifting some local cliches with them.
In a field in Falmouth, a crowd is preparing for battle. "I don't hug my enemies!" one friend tells another as they register for the town's third annual Worm Charming Championships. It's a war on two fronts: between man and beast, as we attempt to lure recalcitrant earthworms out of the community centre sports pitch, and between the 100 plots, each occupied by a team hoping to win one of three invertebrate-themed trophies.
Worm charming - or grunting, or fiddling - is an age-old art and an established competitive sport of several decades: a notched wooden stick is scraped close to the earth, the vibrations mimicking the rhythms of rain to bring worms up to the earth, where they are harvested for bait. But on this bright blue Sunday afternoon in Cornwall, traditional methods pale in comparison with the unconventional (and it's a peaceful operation: all worms caught will be returned to the wild).
The Falmouth Worm Charming Championships, in Cornwall, UK.
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'Amazing but absurd': how worm-charming is drawing Cornish art back to its roots
Among artist Georgia Gendall's projects is a riotous annual competition to lure these creatures from the soil - hopefully shifting some local cliches with them.
In a field in Falmouth, a crowd is preparing for battle. "I don't hug my enemies!" one friend tells another as they register for the town's third annual Worm Charming Championships. It's a war on two fronts: between man and beast, as we attempt to lure recalcitrant earthworms out of the community centre sports pitch, and between the 100 plots, each occupied by a team hoping to win one of three invertebrate-themed trophies.
Worm charming - or grunting, or fiddling - is an age-old art and an established competitive sport of several decades: a notched wooden stick is scraped close to the earth, the vibrations mimicking the rhythms of rain to bring worms up to the earth, where they are harvested for bait. But on this bright blue Sunday afternoon in Cornwall, traditional methods pale in comparison with the unconventional (and it's a peaceful operation: all worms caught will be returned to the wild).
The Falmouth Worm Charming Championships, in Cornwall, UK.
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'Amazing but absurd': how worm-charming is drawing Cornish art back to its roots
Among artist Georgia Gendall's projects is a riotous annual competition to lure these creatures from the soil - hopefully shifting some local cliches with them.
In a field in Falmouth, a crowd is preparing for battle. "I don't hug my enemies!" one friend tells another as they register for the town's third annual Worm Charming Championships. It's a war on two fronts: between man and beast, as we attempt to lure recalcitrant earthworms out of the community centre sports pitch, and between the 100 plots, each occupied by a team hoping to win one of three invertebrate-themed trophies.
Worm charming - or grunting, or fiddling - is an age-old art and an established competitive sport of several decades: a notched wooden stick is scraped close to the earth, the vibrations mimicking the rhythms of rain to bring worms up to the earth, where they are harvested for bait. But on this bright blue Sunday afternoon in Cornwall, traditional methods pale in comparison with the unconventional (and it's a peaceful operation: all worms caught will be returned to the wild).
The Falmouth Worm Charming Championships, in Cornwall, UK.
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'Amazing but absurd': how worm-charming is drawing Cornish art back to its roots
Among artist Georgia Gendall's projects is a riotous annual competition to lure these creatures from the soil - hopefully shifting some local cliches with them.
In a field in Falmouth, a crowd is preparing for battle. "I don't hug my enemies!" one friend tells another as they register for the town's third annual Worm Charming Championships. It's a war on two fronts: between man and beast, as we attempt to lure recalcitrant earthworms out of the community centre sports pitch, and between the 100 plots, each occupied by a team hoping to win one of three invertebrate-themed trophies.
Worm charming - or grunting, or fiddling - is an age-old art and an established competitive sport of several decades: a notched wooden stick is scraped close to the earth, the vibrations mimicking the rhythms of rain to bring worms up to the earth, where they are harvested for bait. But on this bright blue Sunday afternoon in Cornwall, traditional methods pale in comparison with the unconventional (and it's a peaceful operation: all worms caught will be returned to the wild).
The Falmouth Worm Charming Championships, in Cornwall, UK.
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'Amazing but absurd': how worm-charming is drawing Cornish art back to its roots
Among artist Georgia Gendall's projects is a riotous annual competition to lure these creatures from the soil - hopefully shifting some local cliches with them.
In a field in Falmouth, a crowd is preparing for battle. "I don't hug my enemies!" one friend tells another as they register for the town's third annual Worm Charming Championships. It's a war on two fronts: between man and beast, as we attempt to lure recalcitrant earthworms out of the community centre sports pitch, and between the 100 plots, each occupied by a team hoping to win one of three invertebrate-themed trophies.
Worm charming - or grunting, or fiddling - is an age-old art and an established competitive sport of several decades: a notched wooden stick is scraped close to the earth, the vibrations mimicking the rhythms of rain to bring worms up to the earth, where they are harvested for bait. But on this bright blue Sunday afternoon in Cornwall, traditional methods pale in comparison with the unconventional (and it's a peaceful operation: all worms caught will be returned to the wild).
The Falmouth Worm Charming Championships, in Cornwall, UK.
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'Amazing but absurd': how worm-charming is drawing Cornish art back to its roots
Among artist Georgia Gendall's projects is a riotous annual competition to lure these creatures from the soil - hopefully shifting some local cliches with them.
In a field in Falmouth, a crowd is preparing for battle. "I don't hug my enemies!" one friend tells another as they register for the town's third annual Worm Charming Championships. It's a war on two fronts: between man and beast, as we attempt to lure recalcitrant earthworms out of the community centre sports pitch, and between the 100 plots, each occupied by a team hoping to win one of three invertebrate-themed trophies.
Worm charming - or grunting, or fiddling - is an age-old art and an established competitive sport of several decades: a notched wooden stick is scraped close to the earth, the vibrations mimicking the rhythms of rain to bring worms up to the earth, where they are harvested for bait. But on this bright blue Sunday afternoon in Cornwall, traditional methods pale in comparison with the unconventional (and it's a peaceful operation: all worms caught will be returned to the wild).
The Falmouth Worm Charming Championships, in Cornwall, UK.
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'Amazing but absurd': how worm-charming is drawing Cornish art back to its roots
Among artist Georgia Gendall's projects is a riotous annual competition to lure these creatures from the soil - hopefully shifting some local cliches with them.
In a field in Falmouth, a crowd is preparing for battle. "I don't hug my enemies!" one friend tells another as they register for the town's third annual Worm Charming Championships. It's a war on two fronts: between man and beast, as we attempt to lure recalcitrant earthworms out of the community centre sports pitch, and between the 100 plots, each occupied by a team hoping to win one of three invertebrate-themed trophies.
Worm charming - or grunting, or fiddling - is an age-old art and an established competitive sport of several decades: a notched wooden stick is scraped close to the earth, the vibrations mimicking the rhythms of rain to bring worms up to the earth, where they are harvested for bait. But on this bright blue Sunday afternoon in Cornwall, traditional methods pale in comparison with the unconventional (and it's a peaceful operation: all worms caught will be returned to the wild).
The Falmouth Worm Charming Championships, in Cornwall, UK.
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