Curiosities

With the exception of the human fish, whose life was long shrouded in mystery and superstition, subterranean fauna has not been the subject of study for very long. The discovery of the drobnovratnik beetle – found in 1831 by Luka Čeč, the man who discovered the inner sections of Postojna Cave – was the event that encouraged further research…

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The drobnovratnik beetle
	In 1831 Luka Čeč found a strange-shaped beetle at the foot of Great Mountain. He gave it to Count Franz Hochenwarth, the curator of the Ljubljana Museum, who in turn passed it on to the amateur naturalist Ferdinand Schmidt… more >>

The Proteus Vivarium – Speleobiological Station

The new Proteus Vivarium offers a multimedia presentation of the Karst and life in the underworld, a presentation of the morphology (form and history) of the cave, and a vivarium containing live specimens of animals from Postojna Cave…

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Curiosities

The drobnovratnik beetle

The Proteus Vivarium – Speleobiological Station