Family's home invaded by two giant snake-like earthworms

A family on Australia's Sunshine Coast thought their home was being invaded by snakes only to discover they were just two giant earthworms.

The worms measured between 60cm and a metre long. Tamara Simoneau spotted the first worm in the garage of her Buderim home.



The second on an outdoor mat on the patio a few days later. She said each was "too straight and moving too slow" to be a snake. The giant worms were eventually released into the garden.

Dr Penny Mitchel, director of Worms Downunder worm farms at Palmwoods, said that giant earthworms are often found on the Sunshine Coast and might have been seeking higher ground ahead of a change in the weather.