Human Fish
Not a human or a fish but a salamander, the olm lives in caves in Slovenia. This truly uncanny-looking creature is adapted to living in total darkness, with no eyes and pale, unpigmented skin that looks pink - hence the nickname human fish. It may live to be 100 years old and can go without food for six years. No wonder the freaked-out locals in the 17th century took it to be some kind of dragon baby.
Comments
this is really a strange cratura. but there is a mistake in your description: they can live without food for about 6 month. After that they still leave but while their internal organs are consumed, making it impossible for it to live much longer.
Posted by: Anonymous | April 21, 2008 2:12 PM
i have seen these in postojna cave, in slovenia and they are as creepy in real life as they appear in these photos. absolutely amazing.
Posted by: andrew | January 14, 2008 6:57 PM