NurithWhat was this creature?
But what the divers had found was not an eel, and it was a long shot from even being called a “dragon.” In actuality, it was a single ‘olm’ (Proteus anguinus). An olm is a rare salamander species that share a close likeness to eels in their appearance, save for the tiny limbs protruding from its body. Just one look at it can confirm how they can be mistakenly identified as “baby dragons.” The existence of these creatures was first confirmed when Valvasor described them in the 17th century.