Among tattered streamers of copper leaves
parting to unveil a canvas painted with brilliant colour
The stalagmites and stalactites reach for one another
their lacy tentacles exude crippling venom with the merest touch
home to half of the world’s species of chameleons
Zoologist Olm Deluxe Bottle Minerals Among tattered streamers of copperOver millions of years, persistent rainwater gnaws at porous limestone, carving out karsts deep within the earth. Carried in droplets, sediment grows upon itself, forming misshapen statues. The stalagmites and stalactites reach for one another, patient in the knowledge that one day they will meet. No sunlight breaches these cavern walls, but something has. Somewhere in time, a family of olms, aquatic salamanders, wandered into the limestone cave and