Uncharismatic Fact of the Day
Here's one amphibian that never grows up! Although they can live to be 100 years old, olm are neotenous, meaning they keep features of their larval stage like external gills even after reaching reproductive maturity. So far, researchers have been unable to induce metamorphosis, so the olm's 'adult' stage (if it has one at all) is a complete mystery.
(Image: An olm (Proteus anguinus) by Balázs Lerner and Gergely Balázs
Official "forever young" post!
Uhhh olms have amazing rizz thank you very much
