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When these draperies are tapped on by your trained tour guide they reverberate like a drum, producing a unique sound. This formation has been an icon at Bluff Dwellers Cave since its inception in 1927. Many of the tour guides are one of a kind musicians when playing the Musical Chimes. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60d245b75b87e31c3b9a1793/1624639225917-HHJO77CP2G8UIUZF1XJS/balanced-rock.jpeg Cave Formations - The 10 Ton Balanced Rock This is one you just need to see in person! As the cave was still forming, water actively flowing through the limestone, this huge slab of limestone came loose and gently landed on the bedrock below in one piece! If this rock had fallen as the cave is now, full of air, it would have broken into pieces. Today you can see it sitting along the tour route, appearing to be perfectly balanced. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60d245b75b87e31c3b9a1793/1624639312273-RZS2LJFVCAE4XDVB7I5I/rimstone-dam.jpeg Cave Formations - 75’ Rimstone Dam One of the most interesting geological formations is the 75′ rimstone dam located near the original discovery point of the cave. Measuring at 75′ in length, the dam is one of the most impressive formations at Bluff Dwellers Cave. Formed naturally over thousands of years, this rimstone dam is one of the longest known to the state of Missouri. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60d245b75b87e31c3b9a1793/1626155312609-1ZJ9LHKFPZZQ94XR1ASP/GuideCaveCoral2019.jpg Cave Formations - Other Formations Bluff Dwellers Cave is decorated with stalactites, stalagmites, draperies, saw tooth drapes, flowstone, cave popcorn, cave coral, and cave sponge and more. Your tour guide will show you the beautiful calcite formations that were delicately formed over thousands of years, unhampered by the chaotic life of the surface world. Come enjoy the tranquilty of cave life, where geology takes time to get everything just right. https://bluffdwellerscave.com/about-caves/animals daily 0.75 2021-07-12 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60d245b75b87e31c3b9a1793/1625811466572-YD07L903PT0MX5OY187R/BDCwebsiteSalamander.jpg Animals - Cave Salamander (Eurycea lucifuga) This species of salamander is the most abundant in our cave and can be seen almost every day! Cave Salamanders typically dwell in the twilight zones of caves (dimly lit area beyond the cave entrance) where their food (insects) is sure to be adundant. Despite their name, Cave Salamanders have been found to live in areas outside of caves under logs, in small streams and other wet areas. Typically bright orange in color,but varying from yellow-brown to orange-red, this medium-sized salamander can be distinguished by the black spots and spotless yellow orange belly with a long tail. They can get relatively large for a salamander, with adults up to 8″ in length! This species of salamander is a lungless salamander. The young are born with gills and need to remain in the water to survive. As they morph into their adult forms they lose their gills and breathe through their skin since they lack lungs. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60d245b75b87e31c3b9a1793/1625812870578-AX7DWLPODYIP2S5ZWF77/BDCWebsiteWesternSalamander.jpg Animals - Western Slimy Salamander (Plethodon albagula) These salamanders are typically found under rocks and in moist, wooded areas as well as the entrances of caves. The Western Slimy Salamander is black in color with white or silver speckling, large bulbous eyes, and a long tail. They range from 4 inches to more than 6 inches in length and weigh less than one ounce. These salamanders are another species that are lungless. Unlike the Cave Salamander, Western Slimy Salamanders are born just like adults. The female salamander will lay eggs and remain with them until they hatch. The young have no aquatic larvae stage and are born without lungs, breathing through their skin. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60d245b75b87e31c3b9a1793/1624637818317-6SNM3QUTTOJVZJNOFQMP/grotto-salamander.jpeg Animals https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60d245b75b87e31c3b9a1793/1624637854486-YF1788A692QD54S5C254/dark-sided-salamander-cropped.jpg Animals https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60d245b75b87e31c3b9a1793/1626101714181-URSWEQD9ATYJ5NRLI4Z8/oklahoma-salamander-cropped.jpg Animals https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60d245b75b87e31c3b9a1793/1625812774855-NO228KGR4T94JAVD6UBV/BDCWebsitePickrellfrog.jpg Animals - Pickerel Frog (Lithobates palustris) Pickerel frogs are 1.75″-3″ in length and have square-rectangular spots in two parallel rows down the back. The belly is white. These frogs are commonly associated with cool cave springs and can be found in caves all over the southern half of the state. They do NOT live their entire life-cycle in the cave and can come and go as they please. They are important as they can keep troublesome insects down in population AND when they die in the cave they are a popular food source for Bristly Cave Crayfish. Not to be confused for the leopard frogs, which lack the distinct two-rows of square/rectangular spots down the back. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60d245b75b87e31c3b9a1793/1626067077201-51PJ1IYOBIJ58G61ADZ6/TriColoredBat+%282%29.jpg Animals https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60d245b75b87e31c3b9a1793/1626068483645-GNOWE43PJ279IMQG462R/big-brown-bat.jpeg Animals https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60d245b75b87e31c3b9a1793/1626068412203-B9VT4JTPFELO22BXXLD0/northern-long-eared-bat.jpeg Animals https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60d245b75b87e31c3b9a1793/1626101893071-0OJQI2KKB09RMUKRIFY5/bat-white-nose-syndrome.jpeg Animals - Bats & White-nose Syndrome (WNS) White-nose Syndrome (WNS) is a fungal infection in bats that has begun emerging in North America. First identified in a bat in a cave in New York in 2006, by 2012 WNS was responsible for more than 7 million bat deaths. The disease is caused by the fungus Pseudogymnoascus destructans and has no known cure or treatment. Caves that are infected often report a mortality rate of 90% or more bats. The U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service strongly recommends decontamination of all caving clothing and gear between caves to prevent the spread of WNS. The disease is found in bats in Europe where bats seem to have developed an immunity to the fungus. It is thought that in 2006 it was spread from Europe to North America by human activity, and the bats here have not yet developed any immuno response. Bluff Dwellers Cave is inspected annually by the Missouri Bat Census. McDonald County was first verified to have WNS in the winter of 2014-15 and our bats began to show signs of WNS in the Winter of 2017-18. Since then we have seen a large drop in bat population that uses our cave as a hibernaculum. For more information on WNS visit https://www.whitenosesyndrome.org. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60d245b75b87e31c3b9a1793/1626067940121-3JUGNO4KGIQZK1SPUBBX/BristlyOct2019+-+Copy.jpg Animals - Bristly Cave Crayfish One of Bluff Dwellers Cave’s troglobites, the Bristly Cave Crayfish is a shy animal. It is white in color with small, unpigmented eyes , long slender pinchers and long setae (bristles). The long bristles on this species of crayfish assist it with being able to get around in total darkness. It is mostly a scavenger, eating decaying plant or animal matter that filters into the cave, but does eat small insects and isopods. Not much is known about the Bristly Cave Crayfish due to it’s difficult-to-explore habitat in small water-filled passageways and underground streams. At Bluff Dwellers seeing a Bristly Cave Crayfish is a rare treat as some can be in the cave every day for a year and be lucky to see one of these elusive creatues just once! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60d245b75b87e31c3b9a1793/1624638812109-73OZ9V5ZIOXIDTZZQI5R/wild-pokemon-appeared.jpeg Animals - The Cave Duck The Antique Cave duck has been in our cave long enough that he is a naturalized citizen of the cave! For over 75 years the duck has been perched near a naturally-formed “duck pond”, and has been photographed by countless guests. 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