Queensland woman finds the biggest worm ever

  • Enormous worm found in the dirt at Queensland’s Tamborine Mountain
  • Kelli Mace posted a photo of herself holding up the slimy worm with two sticks 
  • Tamborine Mountain in southeast Queensland is known for its giant earthworms

A shocked Gold Coast woman has taken a photograph of a monstrous earth worm after a weekend of heavy rain brought it to the surface.

The enormous creature, which resembled a snake more than a worm, was found in the dirt at southeast Queensland’s Tamborine Mountain.

Kelli Mace posted a photo of herself holding up the slimy worm with two sticks. It was republished by 7 News and quickly racked up hundreds of comments. 

Kelli Mace posted a photo of herself holding up the slimy worm with two sticks

The enormous creature, which resembled a snake more than a worm, was found in the dirt at southeast Queensland's Tamborine Mountain (pictured) 

The enormous creature, which resembled a snake more than a worm, was found in the dirt at southeast Queensland’s Tamborine Mountain (pictured) 

Tamborine Mountain is known for its giant earthworms, which can grow up to two metres long and swell over 30mm in diameter. 

Experts claim the specific type of worm, Digaster longmani, live in deep permanent underground burrows and only come to the surface when their holes are flooded.

Rainfall in parts of Brisbane reached up to 50mm on Monday.

Tamborine Mountain National History Association member Paul Lyons previously told the Courier Mail it was common to see the worms in the area.

‘They are about a bit over a metre in length, about 30mm in diameter and they live deep in the rainforest soil,’ he told the publication.

‘They burrow deep in the ground and when it gets too wet down underneath they come up.

‘It was quite common to see them but now you don’t see as many as you used to because there are more houses.’

Tamborine Mountain is known for its giant earthworms, which can grow up to two metres long and swell over 30mm in diameter (pictured is a worm found in 2011) 

Tamborine Mountain is known for its giant earthworms, which can grow up to two metres long and swell over 30mm in diameter (pictured is a worm found in 2011) 

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