How to catch earthworms using electricity

I experimented with catching earthworms by charging an electrolytic capacitor with a DC motor.
The earthworms can be used as chicken feed or fishing bait.
This experiment is very dangerous and should not be followed carelessly.

[@thomastheo5508]

This video is NSFW (not safe for worms)

[@maxbartoshik]

Anyone who will try to do the same - such capacitance at such voltage is very dangerous and could kill you.

[@pfoxhound]

Free meaty French fries.

[@RotaryMarx]

Backyard scientists defibrillator video did the same thing! It’s very strange why they do this but cool. In his video he also said it was a product (the worm catcher) but it was deemed too dangerous.

[@Ebolachicken]

i hear it messes with the worms magnectic field sensor. since the core of the earth is magnectic when the field gets stronger above they likely think they must be upside down.

[@RotaryMarx]

@@Ebolachicken logical

[@executive]

@@Ebolachicken but he produced an electric field

[@hubrisnaut]

My cousins would use a mixture of salt and water or bleach and water to get them to surface. The strangest thing I have seen is using vibration. There is an old hillbilly I follow who makes "worm sticks". It's a stick carved with ridges. You put one end in the ground and rub it with another stick and the worms surface. I was skeptical but I told my brother about it and he told me he had noticed when he put an idling chainsaw on the ground worms would surface.

[@richardb22]

Would've to know who the old hillbilly is and follow too.

[@_JamBonius]

Moles are predators to worms, vibrations are the signal to flee to the surface.

[@hubrisnaut]

That make sense.@@_JamBonius

[@Edmorbus]

Keep up the good work

[@user2000s]

This is amazing

[@matteotheKat]

Woah Cool

[@BAEGD]

Bravo Thomas 🎉🎉🎉

[@DonPavardenis]

We in Lithuania used 220v straight to Erth and when picking warms up from ground especially when still in his hole half way we get zappttt into fingers by electric current 😅

[@user-yh7se8ff6f]

지렁이 인권위원회에서 나왔습니다. 다음에는 장갑착용 부탁드립니다.

[@dove8488]

왜 지렁이들이 땅 위로 올라오는 건가요??

[@ThomasKim]

충전된 커채시터가 땅에 박힌 전극으로 방전되면서 대지로 전류가 흘러 지렁이들이 자극되었습니다.

[@DonPavardenis]

it that simple dc motor? Did you modified adding some of diodes to it.

[@ThomasKim]

That is a permanent magnet dc motor. One diode added at capacitor side.

[@spamsausage]

make a foot cranked spot welder

[@se-jinpark7257]

두 낫 트라이 디스 엣 홈;;;

[@MostlyLoveOfMusic]

go vegan....