Amongst other wildlife, there’s a native Slovenian fish called the marble trout, which has been widely bred so that it could be put back into lakes and streams where it once lived. And the Postojna Caves in southwest Slovenia are home to a unique species of blind amphibian called the olm or proteus, which lives in complete darkness. And celebrating the environment is very much part of Slovenian life. One example of this is the Bohinj international wildflower festival, which presents a two-week flurry of events at the end of May each year. The festival helps make people more aware of what the area has to offer, as well as building a feeling of pride in the alpine farming heritage and high-quality environment. If you’d like to find out more about Slovenia, its wildlife and conservation efforts, go to the IRSNC’s website at
www.zrsvn.si/en and/or the Slovenian Tourist Board’s at
www.slovenia.info
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The olm is sometimes called the ‘human fish’ because of its skin colour. It eats, sleeps and breeds under water in the underground limestone caves.
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Marmots live in burrows and hibernate there through the winter.
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A European brown bear in Coceniski Sneznik forest. Slovenia has a population of some 450 bears.
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