Show tibetans Tibe tans depend on species of worms to provide the necessary tick me up A curious little worm which is used by tibetan natives as a pick me up 11 has attracted the attention of missionaries locally known as grass gras swo worms they make their habitat in lofty mountain ranges ot of the tibetan tibeta n border near the leper home conducted by the friars minor ot of the bankow vicariate natives eat them dead or alive tor for medical purposes in either form they bring brine fancy prices T they h are ea in great demand for or the u mentally itally depressed and for sufferers of stomach trouble when men dead they are mixed with boiled chicken in this concoction they are said to react wonderfully ai as 4 pick me ups when live worms without cocoons cocoons are dug up they are mixed with a strong liquor distilled from maize taken in this form th they eyare are considered a potent remedy against stomach Ms ills so valuable lis is the grass worm considered that hundreds of 0 hunters make a living by gathering them the hunters swarm the mountain slopes to search tor for these worms they easily find eager buyers acx ious fous to purchase all they can dig up in the winter season the ground is covered with these insects more often they are found in the cocoon less often without in either cither form they find a ready market though somewhat smaller they resemble silkworms silk worms in appearance the head bead is covered by a bright red crust As winter approaches they burrow headfirst head first straight down into the ground here they spin thin cocoons in which they wrap themselves when the snow melts their heads begin a sprouting process thin hairs resembling grass spring from the soil the people of the district believe that the sprouting blades open pen like flowers and scatter spores chich aich in due time develop into othel worms |