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Proteus Anguinus : Olm

Nature has never ceased to marvel mankind . Through droplet upon droplet , the hands of Mother Nature has sculptured one of the most visually intriguing and wonderful displays and built a subterranean kingdom presently referred to as the Postjna Cave in Slovenia . Nature has used water to produce a breathtaking phenomena spanning through the enormous natural architectural masterpiece of the Concert Hall Cave , the excellent acoustics , the underground mountain and into these caves stays still crystal clear water in

ponds engulfed in eternal darkness . Into one of these great architectural limestone masterpieces , among tiny splashing droplets swims the olm scientifically referred to as Proteus anguinus or in some languages the 'human fish

Proteus anguinus is one unique amphibian , it is the only member of the Proteidae family , genus Proteus . Its closest 'cousins ' are found miles away in under the surface waters that span the eastern United States of America or along the Dinaric Alps which is part of the Adriatic Coast

Scientific Classification

Phylum : Cordata

Sub phylum : Vertabrata

Class : Amphibia (Lissamphibia in some books

: Urodela (Caudata in some books

Family :Proteidae

Genus :Proteus

Species :Proteus anguinus

Sub Species : Proteus anguinus Laurenti

Scientists and nature lovers attest to the fact that this creature is a true trogbiont . This amphibic salamander is the only remainder of the long disappeared tertiary family of amphibians . Principally ,members of this family are almost extinct from the face of this earth . There are only six species genuses...