http://www.boston.com/news/science/articles/2006/09/07/group_says_giant_worm_must_be_protected/?p1=email_to_a_friend
SPOKANE, Wash. --It's 3 feet long, pinkish in color, smells like a lily and must be saved from extinction, conservationists said Thursday in asking the federal government to protect the Giant Palouse Earthworm under the Endangered Species Act.