Sunday, February 09, 2020

This "human fish" stayed completely still for 7 years, but it wasn't dead

Olm salamanders have lost their eyes and most of their skin pigmentation, appearing like ghostly-white blind baby dragons. Scientists believe they can live for more than 100 years, and their metabolisms are so slow that they only need to eat about once per decade.



Read more about the sedentary life of olms: Mother Nature Network

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