Americans are usually renowned for exaggerating how big things are in their country , but there ’ s no need for this in Australia – not when you ’ ve got earthworms the size of snakes . This is what the Simoneau family found out when they spotted two giant earthworms near their Buderim home on the Sunshine Coast . ‘ At first glance we thought they were snakes . It was just this dark long object on a pale tile , ’ Tamara Simoneau told Daily Mail Australia . Scroll down for video . Seven-year-old Scarlett Simoneau holds up the giant earthworm that was found at her house in Buderim . ‘ It was a scare because at first they looked like snakes . But after a closer look the snakes turned out to be giant earthworms . The two worms measured between 60cm and a metre long. ’ The heavy rain that hit Queensland when Cyclone Marsha passed by was what brought the giant earthworms to the surface . Earthworms are uncomfortable when the ground is very saturated and they were probably looking for higher ground during bad weather . It 's this big : Scarlett lays the giant earthworm on the floor to show how long it is . ‘ They were massive . The ones I ’ m used to seeing are more like spaghetti . There was one in the garage that was crawling slowly along the concrete , while the other one appeared a few days later on a mat on our patio , ’ Tamara said . Tamara had lived in Canada for eight years , so she when she put pictures of the giant earthworms on Facebook her Canadian friends could not believe it . ‘ The best comment was : ‘ In Canada we call that a snake. ’ They were all pretty shocked . A few others said they were going to come and visit me after seeing this , ’ she said . Scarlett was fascinated by the huge earthworm and could n't wait to pick it up . ‘ But even my Australian friends were pretty surprised at the size of them. ’ Tamara ’ s seven-year-old daughter Scarlett was fascinated by the worms , and couldn ’ t wait to pick them up and inspect them . ‘ She put on a gardening glove and picked it up . She was very gentle when she picked it up . Then it expanded and got even longer . We put it in the garden and watched it make its way slowly back underground , ’ she said . One giant earthworm was found lying down the side of the Simoneau 's garage floor .
Cyclone Marsha spotted the two giant worms at her Buderim home . The heavy rain from Tamara Simoneau brought them to the surface . At first the shocked Simoneau family thought they were snakes . 'The ones I ’ m used to seeing are more like spaghetti , ' says Tamara . But the giant worm 'fascinated ' her seven-year-old daughter , Scarlett .