WAO!! WL - Olm, or Proteus (Proteus anguinus), is a aphotic amphibian ancient to the cavern amnion of caves of the Dinaric karst of southern Europe. It lives in the amnion that breeze underground through this all-encompassing limestone arena including amnion of the Soča river basin abreast Trieste in Italy, through to southern Slovenia, southwestern Croatia, and Herzegovina. The olm is the alone breed in its brand Proteus, the alone European breed of the ancestors Proteidae, and the alone European alone cave-dwelling chordate. It is additionally occasionally alleged the "human fish" by locals because of its bark color, agnate to that of white people, as able-bodied as "cave salamander" or "white salamander." In Slovenia it is additionally accepted by the name močeril, which translates as "the one that burrows into wetness."
This beastly is best notable for its adaptations to a activity of complete black in its underground habitat. The olm's eyes are undeveloped, abrogation it blind, while its added senses, decidedly those of aroma and hearing, are acutely developed.

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