The worm charmers

[wtg]

A Florida family coaxes earthworms from the forest floor

https://oxfordamerican.org/magazine/issue-125-summer-2024/the-worm-charmers?

[CHAS]

Yes, the Dawkins mentioned is probably the one you thought of.
"Richard Dawkins FRS FRSL (born 26 March 1941)[3] is a British evolutionary biologist, zoologist, and author."

Met Mary Anna at Wakulla Springs years ago. We took a ride on the river that flows from the spring. We were "attacked" by
the manatees, the alligators ignored us.
We saw no night crawlers.

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