Have a Cuppa Tea!

The T- theory.

Let's madly conjecture...

I was asked once on a philosophy chat room, about the rise of the flat worm over the round worm (earthworm) over the planet.

The flatworm is a prehistoric worm and since the rise of the more developed round or earth worm has lived at deeper depths. It isn't as useful as it doesn't air-iate the soil.

The round or earth worm is in decline, and that's been reported earth wide. The UK is one of the last places to see the rise of the flatworm.

WHY?

Ah such a good question, why? I'll guess, that it could be to do with our national drink, which we still imbibe in large quantities. What could be more English than a cuppa?

It used to be said in History classes that the introduction of tea, helped in agriculture. Before that the land was mostly unusable.
Before 1500 the land was mostly forest in the UK and was benefited by the tanin rich mould under the hardwood trees. Tea came in around 1450 ish, and gradually came into compost thereafter.

Prime examples of totally unusable land are the Sahara desert and the dust bowl. It is also suggested that standing water has contributed to those when used in irrigation due to salination.

The humble tea leaves or bags go into the compost heap and are added to the soil. Over recent years the tea drinking habit of the UK has been in decline and I wonder if this correlates with the rise of the flatworm in the UK.

Two questions!

1.If this continues will the UK see again the 'Loathsome Worms' of ancient history?

2. If so did the introduction of foriegn matter (tea) in compost actually evolve the flat worm into the helpful round worm?

(c) Rosalind J. Lee 2012
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