Incredible Blind Animals That are Hardly Senseless

Leptodirus Beetle

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leptodirus hochenwartii beetle photo

Most of the world's blind animals are troglobites—or cave dwellers. The rare Leptodirus hochenwartii beetle is a true troglobite, specifically adapted to life underground and unable to survive in the outside world



First described in 1832, the beetle is the first officially identified cave animal.

Image credit: Wikimedia Commons

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