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n. - European aquatic salamander with permanent external gills that lives in caves.

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  • The olm is a snake-like creature 25-30 cm long and weighing only up to 20 grams.
  • In the caves of Slovenia, he encounters the peculiar creature known as the olm, a cave-dwelling blind salamander once believed to be a baby dragon.
  • The blind salamander (Proteus anguinus), also known as the olm, has the longest lifespan of any amphibian, often living to over 70 in zoos, and with a predicted maximum...
  • The olm is a Europe’s only cave adapted vertebrate, and has numerous adaptations for an underground life.
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