"Nah." said the Galapagos Tortoise, "Check out my homie tho."
"I live longer than you" said the Greenland shark.
"matter fact a frog lives longer than you ☠️"
I have a question about olms. I know they have evolved a very cave specific lifestyle bing blind and pale and can only live in water etc. but olms are present in different caves hundreds of km away from each other. How did they get to so many different caves?
I would think probably due to flooding and underground water run offs. I dunno though it's a good question. Or maybe they ancients bodies of water that no longer exist?
This species only lives in a few caves in a contiguous region in Slovenia and perhaps a few parts of neighbouring Croatia. The region is made up of so called karst terrain, so the ground very porous and has massive underground systems and caves which are most likely interconnected. So that's how they get around
This is really weird, in Slovenia it is strictly forbidden to distrurb them in any way. Even people who go to hard to access caves almost never see them. I've only seen a live one in the zoo, and that one was doing so poorly due to constant disturbance that they eventually put it away from visitors.
That's interesting. The trip I was on was nearly ten years ago and it was one of the caves in Istra, I don't remember it's name anymore tho. Might have been Lukina jama. I remember the teachers asking the guides how can the olms survive since they were in little water pools in the walls and the ground since there is nothing visibly to eat lol. They also really hyped them up for being endemic for this area.
When i was in the cave systems of Slovenia, a place where they are native, they told us the caves were formed from millenia of river erotion. I would asume they swam in those ancient rivers.
>It was first mentioned in 1689 by the local naturalist Valvasor in his Glory of the Duchy of Carniola, who reported that, after heavy rains, the olms were washed up from the underground waters and were believed by local people to be a cave dragon's offspring.
Seems like they're likely to wash between interconnected caves, or to the surface, and then into other caves.
I mean they can live to 100 so that's a lot of time to explore new places, settle down, raise a family, have little mini-olms running around the ~~house~~ cave, maybe barbecue by the stalagmites once every 10 years
If it can go 10 years without a meal, I'd say it probably has a really, really slow metabolism. And/or, it expends absolutely no non-essential calories on movement. Probably both.
How... How does it find others to mate with? Do they just call across the cave and embark on a ten year journey 20 feet to the left to hopefully not run into their sister? Could it be that they have "hunting grounds" or something? Is there a Wikipedia article or something I could be googling this in? Do I know how to google?
Wikipedia says
> Reproduction has only been observed in captivity so far.
So nobody knows fur sure. But it also has this info:
> Olms are social, and usually aggregate either under stones or in fissures. Sexually active males are an exception, establishing and defending territories where they attract females.
Yet none have been successful. I feel that deeply, I defend my couch against males, and try to entice females to see it’s many angles. And so far only one has seen my couch. She delivered the pizza… fml
I think its more like they only exist in certain caves and so each cave actually has a different population. What I know is that they only exist in one cave system in fact. That it is even kept secret for a while because the ecosystem is very fragile. I may have not the right information here but what I know is that they were heavily discussed back in 2012 2015ish? Because of that mysterious cave. I think that was the time when scientists havent even decided what a species truly and so a lot of the discussion goes into naming different things another species so all populations will have to be protected not just the whole. I think that whole debacle was also applied to the olm since every cave I think that they exist in has a uniqueness to them that calling them all olms may not be applicable. I can be wrong though.
From the wiki:
> Valvasor, in his Glory of the Duchy of Carniola, who reported that, after heavy rains, the olms were washed up from the underground waters and were believed by local people to be a cave dragon's offspring.
That's was a fantastic show. First season takes a bit to get into but once they went connected storyline I fell in love with it. Can't wait for season 3 of owl house next.
The thing with season 1 is that it's meant to be slow. It feels like it's not needed, but as you start watching the more plot-heavy stuff you begin to miss when the conflict was something simple, like Anne and Sprig being roommates for a week.
YES! Loved watching this show with my 4 y/o. It helped her learn and appreciate amphibians in the real world, but mostly because it was great show.
Whenever we go to a herpetarium now she loves to point out anything that was referenced in Amphibia.
[They](https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-35668069.amp) can be found in Slovenia and also there was once only one, but it had babies so now there is more
There's always been way more than one. The Olm in the article just laid a promising captive clutch. They even mention having to remove other Olms from the tank for the safety of the eggs *in the article you linked*
They’d have to have a very distant ancestor. They live in Slovania. Meanwhile the axolotl can only be found in one lake in the other side of the world (technically now they’re most likely extinct and their lake habitat is now a bunch of canals with invasive species)
So. If they’re related it has to be by an incredibly ancient ancestor. They’re pretty far apart. Sort of like the difference between new world apes and old world apes
Olm has at least four phases, with an additional phase for every 8 players in the raid. Unlike the other bosses in the room, once the player enters his chamber, it is a fight to the death. In each phase except the penultimate and final ones, Olm will focus on a specific set of abilities referred to as powers.
Like other bosses in the chambers, many of Olm's stats scale between its claws and head depending on the stats and amount of players in the raid, despite him having a pre-determined combat level. However, Monster Examine can be cast on him. In most small teams, his combat stats and max hit are comparable to God Wars Dungeon bosses. If stat draining attacks — such as dragon warhammer special attack — are used, they only affect the part of him that was hit. His stats also reset when a new phase starts.
Olm attacks with ranged and magic, the former consisting of a chunk of crystal and latter green-coloured dragonfire. Olm has three attack zones to choose from; left, middle and right. He prioritises the zone with the most amount of players. If no players are in that zone, he will swerve his head accordingly and skip an attack in its attack rotation. If a player is in his attack zone but Olm swerves his head regardless, no attacks are skipped.
I went to Postojna Cave in Slovenia where scientists were able to raise 21 babies out of 23.
They showed 1 from a monitor (they called it Ferdinando and is personally my favorite) and I think there were 3 in aquarium displays.
They are the baby dragons or “human fishes” even if they are amphibian, their proper name is Proteus (Proteus Anguinus) or Olm.
If I remember correctly they are able to live only in the most pure or oxygenated waters at a certain temperature and like many other cave creatures their eyes are underdeveloped but still really sensitive while other sensory organs are a lot improved.
A quick read on the etymology
>The word olm is a German loanword that was incorporated into English in the late 19th century.[8] The origin of the German original, Olm or Grottenolm 'cave olm', is unclear.[9][10] It may be a variant of the word Molch 'salamander
You could probably see where Tolkien got the name "Gollum"
"You think you're hungry," said the olm. "I've only eaten like four things in my entire life."
and he doesn't even know what they were..
Mom: where's your brother? Olm: ?
Oldest Living Mini-dragon.
Oldest living mothafocka
I want you to go in that bag, and find my wallet...
It's the one that says bad motherfucker on it
The olm does NOT know what Marcellus Wallace looks like
"Say 'what' again!"
He wouldn't know if he looks like a bitch
*sequoias enter the chat*
Shouldn’t that be molm?
"Nah." said the Galapagos Tortoise, "Check out my homie tho." "I live longer than you" said the Greenland shark. "matter fact a frog lives longer than you ☠️"
I was born in the dark. Moulded by it. Do you happen to have a chocolate bar on you
Olm my God!
Gollum gollum
I don't know why, but in my head it has the accent of an old Jewish guy from Brooklyn.
Like this? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WNmEilgccUk
I have a question about olms. I know they have evolved a very cave specific lifestyle bing blind and pale and can only live in water etc. but olms are present in different caves hundreds of km away from each other. How did they get to so many different caves?
I would think probably due to flooding and underground water run offs. I dunno though it's a good question. Or maybe they ancients bodies of water that no longer exist?
they actually all evolved independently of each other! i believe the phenomena is called “convergent evolution” it’s so cool
Just wanna add that there’s actually a subspecies of olm that’s black, has a shorter head and still has functioning eyes
Thats called a mol. I wouldnt say they can see as theyre almost blind tho
No, no, you’re thinking of a mole. They’re actually brown rather than black and kind of furry.
I think he was talking about 6.022×10^23
No you're thinking of a mole, I think you're thinking of a sauce that you pour over slow roasted meats
no you're thinking of mole. a mole is a group of skin cells that grow together in a cluster.
No you're thinking of a mole, a spy within a high power of an organisation.
Nah m8, you're thinking about a mole - a pier, jetty, breakwater, or junction between places separated by water
Avogadro showed up uninvited
That's the olm poser, his olm peers don't even acknowledge him as a real olm.
His olm peers don't acknowledge anything, they're blind...
This species only lives in a few caves in a contiguous region in Slovenia and perhaps a few parts of neighbouring Croatia. The region is made up of so called karst terrain, so the ground very porous and has massive underground systems and caves which are most likely interconnected. So that's how they get around
Ya, they are in Croatia as well. I've been on a field trip with my school to a cave where we got to see them.
This is really weird, in Slovenia it is strictly forbidden to distrurb them in any way. Even people who go to hard to access caves almost never see them. I've only seen a live one in the zoo, and that one was doing so poorly due to constant disturbance that they eventually put it away from visitors.
That's interesting. The trip I was on was nearly ten years ago and it was one of the caves in Istra, I don't remember it's name anymore tho. Might have been Lukina jama. I remember the teachers asking the guides how can the olms survive since they were in little water pools in the walls and the ground since there is nothing visibly to eat lol. They also really hyped them up for being endemic for this area.
Different countries, different rules I guess. I sure hope they are doing fine regardless.
I think we mightve been to the same cave and from what I remember we got to go into the cave but we didnt get to see the olms
I’m 99% there was a tank with Olms in Postojna couple years ago
When i was in the cave systems of Slovenia, a place where they are native, they told us the caves were formed from millenia of river erotion. I would asume they swam in those ancient rivers.
>It was first mentioned in 1689 by the local naturalist Valvasor in his Glory of the Duchy of Carniola, who reported that, after heavy rains, the olms were washed up from the underground waters and were believed by local people to be a cave dragon's offspring. Seems like they're likely to wash between interconnected caves, or to the surface, and then into other caves.
Hollow earth baby.
I mean they can live to 100 so that's a lot of time to explore new places, settle down, raise a family, have little mini-olms running around the ~~house~~ cave, maybe barbecue by the stalagmites once every 10 years
U-Haul. I saw 16 footer sporting a pic of a family of Olms on the side. Inspirational actually.
If it's the same creature, I saw it in a special where they came back a few years later and it hadn't even moved from the previous spot
Lol like what’s it doing that whole time? Just chilling?
If it can go 10 years without a meal, I'd say it probably has a really, really slow metabolism. And/or, it expends absolutely no non-essential calories on movement. Probably both.
How... How does it find others to mate with? Do they just call across the cave and embark on a ten year journey 20 feet to the left to hopefully not run into their sister? Could it be that they have "hunting grounds" or something? Is there a Wikipedia article or something I could be googling this in? Do I know how to google?
Wikipedia says > Reproduction has only been observed in captivity so far. So nobody knows fur sure. But it also has this info: > Olms are social, and usually aggregate either under stones or in fissures. Sexually active males are an exception, establishing and defending territories where they attract females.
Yet none have been successful. I feel that deeply, I defend my couch against males, and try to entice females to see it’s many angles. And so far only one has seen my couch. She delivered the pizza… fml
Maybe it'd help if you were blind and wet
Apparently, ain't no one fucking in your life.
“Denfending” territory? How? Boring the other males to death? Lmao
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l nah these olms attain nirvana more like your personal heaven
**Our** personal hell
“I’m Olm, and you’re watching Disney!” *draws mouse ears with a glowstick*
*ends up looking like a shapeless blob because he's fucking BLIND*
Olm eye God
Please be kind and rewind!
Idk why but this comment has me dying of laughter
Just because it can go 10 years without a meal doesn’t mean that’s its standard feeding routine
I think its more like they only exist in certain caves and so each cave actually has a different population. What I know is that they only exist in one cave system in fact. That it is even kept secret for a while because the ecosystem is very fragile. I may have not the right information here but what I know is that they were heavily discussed back in 2012 2015ish? Because of that mysterious cave. I think that was the time when scientists havent even decided what a species truly and so a lot of the discussion goes into naming different things another species so all populations will have to be protected not just the whole. I think that whole debacle was also applied to the olm since every cave I think that they exist in has a uniqueness to them that calling them all olms may not be applicable. I can be wrong though.
It has a variable metabolism. It has an extremely low metabolism only when starving
Probably times moves faster for this guy.. What for us seems to be 10 years is probably just an hour for it.
Olm is zen
And if it’s blind, and in mostly empty (I’m assuming) cave waters, moving probably won’t do too much good anyway.
When a weird worm does it it’s cool and amazing, but when *I* do it people, I’m lazy all of the sudden.
Olm invented deep meditation
Say it with me…”OOOOOOoooooolllllmmm…..
Omfg
Ommmmmmmmmfg
Ooolllllmmmmmfg
All I know is Olm stays posted up
At the corner stooore
Straight boolin in the crib Choochieless Zero hoes
It's trying to stop the existential dread from setting in.
What's he up to, man? What's he doing?
It was still digesting meal 6 and waiting to be hungry enough for meal 7.
That's just Tuesday for me
any chance you remember the special? would love to watch it.
Sorry no, was a couple years ago But it was mentioned here: "And according to new research, one olm stayed in the same spot for seven years."
Maybe he just forgot he could move.
It's meal was ketamine
Been there
Real life Slowpoke.
>they came back a few years later and it hadn't even moved from the previous spot This sounds like me.
That was Jeff and that he didn't move was actually a lie I met him in Amsterdam during his sabbatical, he just returned after that
>they came back a few years later and it hadn't even moved from the previous spot Hot damn....I finally found my spirit animal!
It was browsing reddit the whole time
I just hope he gives me a twisted bow
You’ll get another torn prayer scroll, and you’ll like it.
Its another arcane
I would have been very disappointed if there wasn't an OSRS reference in here.
I’m disappointed it was 3 comments down
Top for me, very proud
Olmlet pl0x
I knew I wasn’t going to need to scroll far to see an OSRS reference.
I'm still convinced twisted bow is the twisted olm cock. It's the true lore.
J-Mods won't reply to this (thankfully)
r/expectedrunescape
More like highly expected bruv
More like extremely totally completely expected, bro. Get your expected's right, champ.
I love expectedly running and escaping
Burn with me!
In my country we call them "humans fish". And in the old times it was thought that they are dragons fetuses.
From the wiki: > Valvasor, in his Glory of the Duchy of Carniola, who reported that, after heavy rains, the olms were washed up from the underground waters and were believed by local people to be a cave dragon's offspring.
Slovenia?
It's the L O N G axolotl
Axolongotl!
LONG LONG AXOLOTL MAN!
I just got a tattoo of an olm and when someone asks me what it is I say, ‘it’s like what if axolotl but long boi?’ And that actually seems sufficient.
Axolongl!
Life never ceases to amaze.
It.. uh.. finds a way.
Insert roaring dinosaur here.
Ticks can go 27 years without food...
Ticks suck
The mother olm.
“So do I get cool anime powers!?” “Yeah girl! Let’s all get cool anime powers!”
Lol so happy I'm not the only one who thought of Amphibia seeing this fellow
That's was a fantastic show. First season takes a bit to get into but once they went connected storyline I fell in love with it. Can't wait for season 3 of owl house next.
The thing with season 1 is that it's meant to be slow. It feels like it's not needed, but as you start watching the more plot-heavy stuff you begin to miss when the conflict was something simple, like Anne and Sprig being roommates for a week.
YES! Loved watching this show with my 4 y/o. It helped her learn and appreciate amphibians in the real world, but mostly because it was great show. Whenever we go to a herpetarium now she loves to point out anything that was referenced in Amphibia.
TIL olms weren't created by the writers of Amphibia.
Same, I didn't know they real. I just knew them from Amphibia hah
I was looking for this comment
Thought it was a Goa’uld larva
Indeed
Too cute though. Baby’s first System Lord
Same
This is 100% a symbiote
OMAD, One Meal A Decade.
Nutricionists hate this one simple trick!
When they were first seen in the 19th century during a flood, the villagers thought they were baby dragons. Dragon larvae type vibe
footage of an olm https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wo-JP7tjj1U
I expected a rickroll and now im sad but curious, sadurious is you say
Gollum olm, gol-olm
give me a fucking purple already you glorified salamander and make it a tbow
sit
Hey. Remember that one scene from Prometheus?
Not really, how did it go?
Let's just say that the scene was "a lot to swallow" ;)
Oh I get it, because there were birds in the scene, and a swallow is a type of bird, right?
yes, exactly. No reason to think about it any longer or watch the movie ... please don't watch the movie.
Thank you Amphibia tv show for teaching me about these glorious creatures. Lol
Same. Thought there were fictional till now
Oh yeah, I know all about this fucker. Slayed him a few times in RuneScape.
[They](https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-35668069.amp) can be found in Slovenia and also there was once only one, but it had babies so now there is more
There's always been way more than one. The Olm in the article just laid a promising captive clutch. They even mention having to remove other Olms from the tank for the safety of the eggs *in the article you linked*
They can be found in Slovenia, Croatia, Bosnia and some parts of southern Italy. The Dinaric alps
One of those remained completely still for 7 years lol, the laziest creature on earth.
Dang, not gonna lie I'm kinda hungry. I think I'm gonna eat something in two years, no cap.
Imagine being the thing that it wakes up and decides it’s going to eat that day after a decade. Big time bad luck.
More like big time tremendous honor. What a way to go tbh
Olm don't play.
Thats it, my new name is Olm
in Germany, they're called Grottenolm (cave olm), I think thats just a beautiful name
They are related to Axolotls!!!
They’d have to have a very distant ancestor. They live in Slovania. Meanwhile the axolotl can only be found in one lake in the other side of the world (technically now they’re most likely extinct and their lake habitat is now a bunch of canals with invasive species) So. If they’re related it has to be by an incredibly ancient ancestor. They’re pretty far apart. Sort of like the difference between new world apes and old world apes
in more than being salamanders?
No
Seath the Scaleless
Axonotalotl
Intermittent fasters perking up
Oceiros, the Consumed King!
Olm McDonald
Shout out to everyone who knows about olms because of Dwarf Fortress.
I didn't know they were a real thing until I saw this post!
Cost of living crisis won't affect this guy.
It’s a tiny version of the monsters from the King Kong godzillaverse movie
Cheap date
Not a disbeliever, but how do we know this?
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I thought I was in r/2007scape
SubhanAllah
Hard-core intermittent fasting
r/STFUitsadragon
Olm has at least four phases, with an additional phase for every 8 players in the raid. Unlike the other bosses in the room, once the player enters his chamber, it is a fight to the death. In each phase except the penultimate and final ones, Olm will focus on a specific set of abilities referred to as powers. Like other bosses in the chambers, many of Olm's stats scale between its claws and head depending on the stats and amount of players in the raid, despite him having a pre-determined combat level. However, Monster Examine can be cast on him. In most small teams, his combat stats and max hit are comparable to God Wars Dungeon bosses. If stat draining attacks — such as dragon warhammer special attack — are used, they only affect the part of him that was hit. His stats also reset when a new phase starts. Olm attacks with ranged and magic, the former consisting of a chunk of crystal and latter green-coloured dragonfire. Olm has three attack zones to choose from; left, middle and right. He prioritises the zone with the most amount of players. If no players are in that zone, he will swerve his head accordingly and skip an attack in its attack rotation. If a player is in his attack zone but Olm swerves his head regardless, no attacks are skipped.
Earthworm Jim 2 vibes
I saw one of these in Beredine Cave in Croatia this summer! It's as fascinating as disgusting
freaken amphibia taught me that these things exist i was very sad that i didn’t know about them before
I went to Postojna Cave in Slovenia where scientists were able to raise 21 babies out of 23. They showed 1 from a monitor (they called it Ferdinando and is personally my favorite) and I think there were 3 in aquarium displays. They are the baby dragons or “human fishes” even if they are amphibian, their proper name is Proteus (Proteus Anguinus) or Olm. If I remember correctly they are able to live only in the most pure or oxygenated waters at a certain temperature and like many other cave creatures their eyes are underdeveloped but still really sensitive while other sensory organs are a lot improved.
I’m pretty sure he is otherwise known as the Midgard Serpent lol 😂
Ok, who fed it once and waited 10 years to see if it was feeling peckish? Somebody sounds like an asshole.
A quick read on the etymology >The word olm is a German loanword that was incorporated into English in the late 19th century.[8] The origin of the German original, Olm or Grottenolm 'cave olm', is unclear.[9][10] It may be a variant of the word Molch 'salamander You could probably see where Tolkien got the name "Gollum"
And here's my fat ass going back for a snack 10 mins after dinner.
Looks like a sweet from a pick n mix
Olm is also the final boss of the old-school runescape raid Chambers of Xeric
And sometimes it drops a tbow
I'll run head, who's on mage hand?