#Proteus

[life-on-our-planet]

The olm is an exclusively subterranean and underwater species, and as such it's difficult to make field observations. Individuals in captivity have been observed to live up to 68 years, and in the wild they may have a life expectancy of over 100 years. ©

[herpsandbirds]

Olm (Proteus anguinus), family Proteidae, far NW Italy

This aquatic salamander is neotenic/paedomorphic (retaining juvenile traits - ie. gills and other aquatic adaptations)

Found only in karst rock cave systems with ample water in Slovenia, Croatia, Bosnia Hercegovina, and far NW Italy.

Also called the "human fish", proteus, and white cave salamander.

Olms are blind, but have excellent sense of smell and hearing (for a salamander).

photograph by Matteo Di Nicola

[camilleflyingrotten]

AU where Crowley lied and said to God that the suggestion box was also Aziraphale’s idea.

They lied bc they genuinely thought that if they said that someone else had the same idea, it’d add weigh to their suggestion…

God knew it was a lie but just so Crowley could be devoured by guilt forever, She banished them both.

After that, Crowley undoubtedly felt so guilty toward Azazel (the demon name Aziraphale choose for himself) they decided to protect him the best they could from both Hell and Heaven.

Azazel never knew about Crowley’s lie. He just thought he had made a shtty job working on humans and thus got banished.

He is visually impaired, since he’s linked to the proteus salamander. And grew a moustache that actually helps him feel and “see” his surrounding!

And as the usual, these two have a hard time building a healthy relationship. Azazel is very much opened about his love for Crowley, mainly because he doesn’t fear Heaven anymore. But Crowley is still feeling very guilty, so they try to act distant. (but it’s so hard, they constantly fail)

[snototter]

A group of olms (Proteus anguinus) in Grotte de Choranche, France

by Thierry Balint

[kwicksowa]

The new eps are pretty cool^-^ Im thinking of drawing X and Proteus together cuz theyre such a cute duo<3 (/p)

[ellena-asg]

If I had a nickel for every time my blorbo was a fine gentleman

who thought he's supposed to marry a fine woman (and who proposed)

but there was a pirate from his childhood times and boom! The Chemistry...

I would have two nickels.

[makatern]

Taxpayer Appreciation Session

[rei-ismyname]

Loser Husbands panic and slow clap

Yeah, why IS Proteus here? Mind your business, he can go where he wants. Why are YOU here?

It's all very touching, especially Proteus crying about his dead mam (who's hiding and scheming, verrrry much alive) and Hellfire opening a free hospital for all. Look at their faces and the insincere clapping - it's kinda wild that they managed to keep the secrets they did at times.

I could read an entire run of them being befuddled and awkward.

[orkazh-arts]

Bound for all eternity ✨

I fell in love with "Sinbad Legend of the Seven Seas" when I was a child and I still have so much love for this movie and the trio's dynamics, so here is a lil' tribute to them!

Very famous pose ref is here

[scarlet--wiccan]

Here's the full suite of Hellfire Gala variant covers unveiled today, April 19th. I'd say the fashion designs are, on the whole, improved from last year, but they're also less fantastical and more geared towards dressed-up interpretations of existing costumes than the first Gala.

[critter-creature-or-beast]

Submitted for classification by @tesco-finest-aromantics

"i want to know how people classify olms!"

[thequiver]

X-Men: Revenant as Tweets, Part 1

[herpsandbirds]

Scientists Caught Blind Cave Salamanders Sneaking to Earth’s Surface

New research reveals the rare and surprising behavior of blind olms venturing from darkness into aboveground springs.

March 2024

Cave-dwelling creatures often bear the characteristics of animals unaccustomed to light. Their skin, or scales, are blanched, and their eyes range from “of little use” to purely ornamental. But that doesn’t stop the serpentine cave salamanders of southeastern Europe from sneaking up to the surface now and again. The odd-looking animal is an Olm (Proteus anguinus), or proteus, an obscure salamander once thought to be the offspring of dragons. In research published last month in Ecology, a team of researchers described a surprising behavior of the amphibians: they sometimes leave the relative safety of their underwater caverns for the surface...

Read more: Scientists Caught Blind Cave Salamanders Sneaking to Earth’s Surface

[have-you-seen-this-animal]

Can i request the olm? I love those funky little dudes

[thedeepfanpage]

[sixtus66]

Paradigm Shift

My contribution to the Slice of Cybertron zine. I couldn't decide which pre-war favs I desired to draw the most so I came up with an excuse to include all of them.