Did you know that the tiny roundworms known as nematodes are the most abundant animal on the planet? And did you know that, due to their role in maintaining soil fertility, without them we could not survive?
These interesting but often maligned critters live in all environments including oceans, extreme soil depths of 3.6km and even in our bodies.
There are over 40,000 species of nematodes that represent 90 per cent of the species on the ocean floor. There are 60 billion individuals in the soil for every human that exists. They vary in size between 0.1 and 2.5cm and