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3 gru 2021 · Deep in vast caverns of the Postojna cave network, a blind salamander found nowhere else on Earth is one of the star attractions both for visitors and the scientists unraveling its secrets.
25 paź 2022 · The olm, a sightless salamander found in caves in Slovenia, Italy, and Albania, can live to be a hundred years old.
25 kwi 2016 · The salamander’s S-curve has been found carved into the weathered stone of at least one stećak, a type of medieval tombstone that lies scattered across the region.
20 lip 2010 · In the caves of Slovenia and Croatia lives an animal that’s a cross between Peter Pan and Gollum. It’s the olm, a blind, cave-dwelling salamander, also called the proteus and the “human fish”,...
29 lut 2016 · The olm, a blind salamander found in cave rivers of the Balkans, is thought to live for more than 100 years but reproduces just once or twice a decade. A female in an aquarium at the Postojna...
The blind cave salamander, or olm (Proteus anguinus) – which was mistaken for baby dragons in the past because of its appearance – is an endangered species only found in the Dinarides region in southern Europe. Its conservation status is vulnerable in most habitats where it is present.
24 lut 2023 · These ancient versions of a salamander, usually about 8 to 12 inches long, diverged from other amphibians almost 110 million years ago, around the same time modern birds emerged. Slovenian olms live exclusively in subterranean caves in the Dinaric Alps, a mountain range of extreme biodiversity and a natural bridge between the Balkans and the Alps.
