Full-time staffers at Smithsonian's Division of Worms have made worms their job. (Originated from Knight-Ridder Newspapers) From: Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service | Date: October 31, 1994| Author: Harris, Linda K. | COPYRIGHT 1994 Knight-Ridder/Tribune News Service. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group.Copyright information

    WASHINGTON _ Suppose you wanted to see an animal so hellbent on survival that it figured a way to turn poison gas into food. And suppose this animal had inhabited Earth for 400 million years, and the likes of it lived 1{ miles below the swim line of the Pacific Ocean near a hot water vent that spewed toxic gas from below the sea floor. 
    It would be possible. Indeed, as a taxpayer, you could almost say you own this amazing creature, as it is just one of the 12.8 million specimens g...