In the depths of the caves of Krka National Park in Croatia is home to dozens of species that are newly identified.
After spending two years exploring their cameras, experts from the Public Institute of Nature that country discovered 30 new species.
The original objective of this work was to develop new methods of surveillance of the creatures that live there.
And in the end they found a unique underground biodiversity in the world.
“We find new species of Coleoptera and Diplura” said paleontologist Kazimir Miculinic member of society Bioespeolología of Croatia.
“These are our rare animals, our humpback whales, though they admit, -we are tiny and live underground,” joked the expert during the press conference.
These caves found in the Dinaric Alps, a mountain range that covers 50% of the European country and is considered an important worldwide for subterranean fauna biodiversity of the region.
So far, the team of specialists has cataloged about 175 species that live in this habitat.
But experts say that in the future they will more likely find new creatures.
