Why did they kill Dave?

Sandycheeks · 4 Nov 2016 at 11:58

Sliver said:
It's a worm, who cares.

Dave probably did!

Cleisthenes · 4 Nov 2016 at 11:58

Always hating on the brown guy

MookJong · 4 Nov 2016 at 12:00

Start a social media campaign and try to guilt the lab into a formal televised apology on Loraine or Loose women.

Job done...

peterwalkley · 4 Nov 2016 at 12:15

He died in shock at the cost of a pint down south.

ajf · 4 Nov 2016 at 12:16

tom_e said:
Did it? All the stuff I've seen says they euthanised it.

They've changed the original article on the BBC.
It initially stated the transport was too much for him.
Even worse

Could have just left him where he was.

Kuros · 4 Nov 2016 at 14:49

ajf said:
They've changed the original article on the BBC.
It initially stated the transport was too much for him.
Even worse

Could have just left him where he was.

Yeah, I heard on the radio today that the worm died in transport, apparently not. :<

UTmaniac · 4 Nov 2016 at 14:50

Edited BBC article now reads, "The Lumbricus terrestris was studied at the museum before being killed in what staff called "the sad bit of science"."

Well that sucks, especially for Dave.

Mynight · 4 Nov 2016 at 14:52

Should have gps tagged him and come back to measure him in a few years.

Nevakonaza · 4 Nov 2016 at 14:54

robfosters said:
No, they actually euthanised him.

https://www.theguardian.com/science/2016/nov/04/uk-biggest-worm-record-breaking-in-cheshire

How would one "euthanise" a worm..a simple injection?

Junglist · 4 Nov 2016 at 14:56

It was funny seeing the BBC news presenters reaction when they found out hey killed it. The lady was really taken back

Threepwood · 4 Nov 2016 at 14:57

A couple of years ago the worlds oldest animal (a clam) was killed - to find out how old it was!

It was over 500 years old.

Now it is dead.

bobbyspangles · 4 Nov 2016 at 15:02

Threepwood said:
A couple of years ago the worlds oldest animal (a clam) was killed - to find out how old it was!

It was over 500 years old.

Now it is dead.

The alternative would have been even more barbaric. Slicing it open, alive, to count the rings.

tom_e · 4 Nov 2016 at 15:02

bobbyspangles said:
The alternative would have been even more barbaric. Slicing it open, alive, to count the rings.

Why the need to find out at all?

Monkeynut · 4 Nov 2016 at 15:05

Thought we'd lost a TV channel for a while there.

tom_nieto · 4 Nov 2016 at 15:07

UnworthyBean said:
Where will I watch Top Gear and Storage Hunters now then?

Hahaha! This is exactly what I thought the thread was about!

Why they didn't call the massive earthworm Jim I don't know!

bobbyspangles · 4 Nov 2016 at 15:09

tom_e said:
Why the need to find out at all?

I was joking

, and I completely agree. It reminds me of this from last year,

https://www.theguardian.com/science/2015/oct/17/rare-bird-killed-saving-species

A scientist refinds a rare species of bird not seen for nearly 70 years. Kills it.

tom_e · 4 Nov 2016 at 15:12

tom_nieto said:
Why they didn't call the massive earthworm Jim I don't know!

If you said "Earthworm Jim" to the kid that named him he'd probably just stare at you like this :confused:

bobbyspangles said:
I was joking ,

You can never be sure on here

arc@css · 4 Nov 2016 at 15:16

tom_e said:
Why the need to find out at all?

+1

TheMightyTen · 4 Nov 2016 at 15:20

What about that bloke Erwin Schrödinger doing awful things to cats just so he could get to Copenhagen to tell Heisenberg he was and an utter Bohr

MooMoo444 · 4 Nov 2016 at 15:23

Millions of worms are probably killed every day from shovels and being trod on but lets all get up in arms over this one.

Social media in 2016 is retarded.