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The olm, a blind salamander found

Olm eggs: Tense wait for baby Slovenian ‘dragons’

By Jonathan Webb Science reporter, BBC News

In a Slovenian cave visited by a million tourists every year, a bizarre and rare amphibian is guarding a significant clutch of eggs. The olm, a blind salamander found in cave rivers of the Balkans, is thought to live for more than 100 years but reproduces just once or twice a decade. Read more.

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