Scientists are eagerly waiting for the birth of these 57 "baby dragon" eggs found in a Slovenian cave. The phenomenon occurs once every ten years. Although this cave can only be accessed by an underground train, many tourists have already flocked the area to bear witness to this incredible occurrence.
Before you get too excited about the prospect of fire-breathing flying dragons roaming the earth like in "Game of Thrones," Sašo Weldt, a biologist studying amphibians found at Slovenia's Postojna Cave, said that these "baby dragons" are olms. These are blind salamanders with amazing characteristics, resembling the mythical creature. They have snakelike bodies, with an amazing sense of smell and hearing. They can even detect magnetic and electric fields. When the eggs hatch, the baby olms can live up to 100 years.
A Tech Times report stated that a tourist guide initially saw a single egg. Soon, the number of the eggs increased and is now at 57. Accounts have it that previously, an olm also hatched eggs in the same cave but other olms ate the eggs before they hatched.
To prevent the same thing from happening, scientists have already taken out other olms in the area. Scientists, on the other hand, expect the birth to be due in four months. As for tourists who would like to see the "baby dragons," scientists have set up infrared light cameras to capture the amazing eggs together with "Mama Dragon."
In a Yahoo News report, these olms have been existing for millions of years, albeit the first documented sighting by Slovenians was during the 17th century. Such sighting occurred after heavy rains washed them up from their underground river habitats.
Weldt told ABC News that, "People had never seen it and didn't know what it was." He added further that, "During the winter time, clouds of fog often rose from the cave, so they came up with stories of a dragon breathing fire from the cave, and they thought the olms were its babies."
Weldt also mentioned that this would be the first time that the public can witness this rare birth of "baby dragons." Before, the birth of these olms was only witnessed in laboratories. Weldt and other scientists are closely monitoring the birth of these Slovenian "baby dragons."
