Post by Brian Roebuck on Jul 21, 2010 5:30:42 GMT -5
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”, for its pale, pinkish skin. It has spent so long adapting to life in caves that it’s mostly blind, hunting instead with various supersenses including the ability to sense electricity.
blogs.discovermagazine.com/notrocketscience/2010/07/20/the-olm-the-blind-cave-salamander-that-lives-to-100/
blogs.discovermagazine.com/notrocketscience/2010/07/20/the-olm-the-blind-cave-salamander-that-lives-to-100/