 |
||||
Wordsmith Talk |
About Us | What's New | Search | Site Map | Contact Us | |||
|
||||
You are not logged in. [Log In] Wordsmith Talk » Forums » (Old) Weekly themes. (have been consolidated into a single forum above) » Animal Safari » Olm , Proteus anguinus Register User Forum List Calendar Active Topics Search
Topic Options
#173911 - 02/22/08 05:39 PM Olm , Proteus anguinus
Carpal Tunnel
Registered: 06/23/06
Posts: 3387
Loc: Netherlands, the Hague
The olm, (Proteus anguinus), is a blind amphibian endemic to the subterranean waters of caves of the Dinaric karst of southern Europe. It lives in the waters that flow underground through this extensive limestone region including waters of the Soca river basin near Trieste in Italy,through to southern Slovenia, southwestern Croatia, and Herzegovina.
The olm is the only species in its genus Proteus, only European species of the family Proteidae, only European exclusively cave-dwelling Troglobite chordate.
>*Olm
The olm always lives in absolute darkness and is blind.
The camara man who took the movie camped alone in total darkness with only a flashlight and his camera.
More: Protea.
Protea is both the botanical name and the English common name of a genus of flowering plants, also called sugarbushes.The genus Protea was named in 1735 by Linnaeus after the Greek god Proteus:
>*Proteus - god who could change his form at will, because the proteas have such different forms.
>* Protea, flower
Proteabacteria
>* Proteobacteria The Proteobacteria are a major group of bacteria. They include a wide variety of pathogens, such as Escherichia, Salmonella, and many other notable genera. Others are free-living, and include many of the bacteria responsible for nitrogen fixation. The group is named for the Greek god Proteus, who could change his shape, because of the great diversity of forms found in this group.
Proteus(disambiguation) Proteus has given his name to many things:
>* disambiguation
Strange: while all this name giving takes back to the fact that Proteus could change his form at will,
the olm does not undergo a metamorphoses but keeps his larval state.
(thanks to wiki pages)
Edited by BranShea (02/22/08 05:51 PM)
Top
#173949 - 02/22/08 11:12 PM
old hand
Registered: 02/20/08
Posts: 1067
Loc: Tasmania
Top
#173953 - 02/23/08 12:52 AM
Pooh-Bah
Registered: 08/27/02
Posts: 2031
Loc: British Columbia, Canada
Top
#173963 - 02/23/08 09:20 AM
Carpal Tunnel
Registered: 06/23/06
Posts: 3387
Loc: Netherlands, the Hague
It's also a Dutch word olm (the tree) = elm.
Top
#173972 - 02/23/08 10:43 AM
Pooh-Bah
Registered: 08/13/05
Posts: 2270
Loc: R'lyeh
No etymologies that I could find online, but one dictionary suggested it was a borrowing from German. German Ulme, English elm, Latin ulmus (> Spanish alamo, alameda) are cognate with Dutch olm, but I don't think there's a connection between those tree words and the blind slamander word. The Slovenian word, človeška ribica, translates as 'human fish'.
Top
#173976 - 02/23/08 01:29 PM
Carpal Tunnel
Registered: 06/23/06
Posts: 3387
Loc: Netherlands, the Hague
Here another image where the human-like arms and the fishy gills are clearly visible. Yet I read that the 'human fish'- name was mainly given because of the animal's skin.
BBC. olm : > Click through to number 5 for 'olm'.
Edited by BranShea (02/23/08 01:32 PM)
Top
#176139 - 04/21/08 01:33 PM
stranger
Registered: 04/21/08
Posts: 1
Loc: Slovenia
After the white olms also the black kind was found in Slovenia, called simply črna človeška ribica or Black human fish (Proteus Anguinus Parkelj). Parkelj is an old Slovenian word for the devil.
Damn, I'm good. And my being Slovenian has absolutely nothing to do with it.
Top
#176140 - 04/21/08 02:27 PM
Carpal Tunnel
Registered: 06/23/06
Posts: 3387
Loc: Netherlands, the Hague. Simple to you maybe, those to me really exotic Slovenian words. How nice to read your post as you live in the region where those mysterious creatures exist. It wil be hard to get to really see them in their habitat?
I was very much impressed seeing that program. Seeing that humanlike form almost transparant in the flashight.
Welcome, though I'm not belonging to the official welcoming
commitee.
Top
#182025 - 01/25/09 12:38 PM
old hand
Registered: 06/23/08
Posts: 830
Loc: Land of Flat River
The olm, (Proteus anguinus), is a blind amphibian endemic to the subterranean waters of caves of the Dinaric karst of southern Europe. It lives in the waters that flow underground through this extensive limestone region including waters of the Soca river basin near Trieste in Italy,through to southern Slovenia, southwestern Croatia, and Herzegovina.
The olm is the only species in its genus Proteus, only European species of the family Proteidae, only European exclusively cave-dwelling Troglobite chordate.
>*Olm
The olm always lives in absolute darkness and is blind.
The camara man who took the movie camped alone in total darkness with only a flashlight and his camera.
More: Protea.
Protea is both the botanical name and the English common name of a genus of flowering plants, also called sugarbushes.The genus Protea was named in 1735 by Linnaeus after the Greek god Proteus:
>*Proteus - god who could change his form at will, because the proteas have such different forms.
>* Protea, flower
Proteabacteria
>* Proteobacteria The Proteobacteria are a major group of bacteria. They include a wide variety of pathogens, such as Escherichia, Salmonella, and many other notable genera. Others are free-living, and include many of the bacteria responsible for nitrogen fixation. The group is named for the Greek god Proteus, who could change his shape, because of the great diversity of forms found in this group.
Proteus(disambiguation) Proteus has given his name to many things:
>* disambiguation
Strange: while all this name giving takes back to the fact that Proteus could change his form at will,
the olm does not undergo a metamorphoses but keeps his larval state.
(thanks to wiki pages)
How nice to find this posting Bran. I look thru the old ones just for fun, wondering
why they died. I am glad at this point. I find your posting fascinating. I love
this 'stuff'. I devote lots of time to TV and magazine geologic and biologic info.
Contribut more, please.
Top
#182032 - 01/25/09 01:53 PM
Carpal Tunnel
Registered: 06/23/06
Posts: 3387
Loc: Netherlands, the Hague
Top
Forum Stats 7151 Members
16 Forums
12706 Topics
187591 Posts
Max Online: 853 @ 10/23/07 11:39 AM
Who's Online 0 registered (), 12 Guests and 23 Spiders online.
Newest Members Crejella, larsrc, KIDDETROIT, marksonamor, poetree
7151 Registered Users
Top Posters
wwh 13858 Faldage 12381 Jackie 10232 tsuwm 9400 Buffalo Shrdlu 6595 AnnaStrophic 6481 Wordwind 6296 of troy 5400 maverick 4683 WhitmanO'Neill 4186
November Su M Tu W Th F Sa 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30
Board Rules · Mark all read Contact Us · Wordsmith Talk · Top
Home | Today's Word | Yesterday's Word | Subscribe | FAQ | Archives | Search | Feedback
Wordsmith Talk | Wordsmith Chat© 2009 Wordsmith.org
Previous Topic
Index