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//​media type="custom" key="5643263"media type="custom" key="5643265" width="122" height="114"// =//Description//= //.// //__The Olm has been a protected species since 1940. There are two types of Olm, the White Olm and the rarer black Olm. The Olm has two front legs and three hind legs with skin between each toe to help it swim. The Olm has no eyes unless it grown up near the surface and evolved eyes but they still can't see due to a missing vein. The black Olm occurs when an Olm grows up near the surface and developes black skin. the Olm has very thin skin so could easily get burnt or blistered. The Olm has small sharp teeth for cracking the shells of the small crusteceans it eats and it has __// __//small gills that make it ideal for its aquatic life.//__

//Here are some pictures of the [|Olm.]// media type="youtube" key="UOpTUorMOhk" height="307" width="384" align="right"

//Interesting facts//
__ //The Olm is not only one species it is actually a mix of several different species////.////The only difference between the male and female is that the male is slightly bigger than the female.The Olm could never survive in salt water because its skin would burn and blister. The Olm is not actually one single species it is a mix of several different species. The Olm is a salamander but not a normal one, it is actually a highly advanced tipe of salamander. The Olm lives on small aquatic creatures that are mainly crusteaceans. The Olm lives in the murky waters of up to 300 metres down in underwater caves in places that include Italy, Bosnia and Croatia. // __



__I __//__f we do not save the Olm now then all the Californian trout that feed of the Olms in that area will starve and so will the animals that eat the Trout.The Olm has huge life span for any amphibian or even any animal it can be up to 9 to 60 or more! The population of the Olm has dropped serverly since the introduction of __// //__the Californian trout in the area in which the Olm lives.The Olm is also known by the locals as the mudpuppy or the waterdog due to its peculiar barking sound it makes when it is angry or scared but its scientific name is Proteus Anguinus. the Olm does not have many problems with food because it can survive up to 10 years without food! __// //__If we do not save the Olm then it could trigger the extincion of many other species because lots of things feed on the Olms main predator :the Californian Trout. __//

** //QUESIONS & ANSWERS.// **
//​__Q.Does the Olm live in any other places other than Italy Bosnia and Croatia? A. Yes it also lives in,Montenegro and Bellarus + more countrys nearby.

Q.Does the Olm have any other name apart from Waterdog and Mudpuppy? A.Yes it also has these:Grottenolm, hulepadde, koopaolm, Proteo, Protée anguillard, hulesalamander.

Q.What does the Olm eat? A.It eats small aquatic creatures that are mostly crustaceans __//__//.// __

__//Q. Would the Olm be able to survive in sea water? A. No it would not becase its skin would burn.

Q. How heavy is the Olm? A. The Olm can weigh up to 90 grams <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">. //

Q.Does the Olm eat anything apart from meat ? A.No the Olm is a carnivore that only eats meat.__

**//??DID YOU KNOW??//**

 * //<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">__Olms are only seen when the floods come and wash them up to the surface.__ //
 * //<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">__The Olms ancestors could have lived up to 180 million years years ago in the age of the Jurassic.__ //
 * //<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">__Olms are amphibians but unlike other amphibians live their whole long life in the water.__ //
 * //<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">__Olms live in the place that is used to be called Yugloslovenia.__ //
 * //<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">__Olms are considered very important in Slovenia.__ //
 * //<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">__No one has ever seen the Olm in the water caves underground.__ //
 * //<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">__No one has ever found out what the population of The Olm is due to it being so inconspicuos.__ //
 * //<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">__The Olm does not have teeth so it just sucks its miniscule prey up so it has no defences against the Californian Trout.__ //
 * //<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">__The Olm is the only fully aquatic amphibian and it is also the only one that lives its whole life underground.__ //
 * //__The Olm is actually quite a small animal: only reaching up to 30 centimeres.__//

-this is the place called Yougloslovenia.

**//Location//**
//__Here is a map of where the Olm [Proteus Anguinus]lives the green shows where the Olm is located.If you want to learn more then click on these awesome websites:__//[|Olm edge]//__,__//[|Olm wikipedia .] __//or// [|AmphibiaWeb.] __

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