• Question: Have you heard of the Olm? I think that it is an amazing creature. How can it do what it does?

    Asked by buzzers to Emma on 21 Jun 2010 in Categories: .
    • Photo: anon

      anon answered on 21 Jun 2010:

      Hi buzzers…no I hadn’t until I looked it up on Google just now…why do you think it is such an amazing creature?:)

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    buzzers commented on :

    I just wonder how creatures that live in the dark all their life can respond to light in such an amazing way.

    • paulagilfillan commented on :

      Hi buzzers…it seems that the Olm has eyes when it is born but they then shrivel up a bit (nice technical term!) as they get older so it looks like it is still born with the ability to live in light. A nice example of adaptation by a species in the environment it lives in. Thanks for that, I’ll have to show my daughter tonight! 🙂