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A mineral lick (also known as a salt lick) is a place where animals can go to lick essential mineral nutrients from a deposit of salts and other minerals. Mineral licks can be naturally occurring or artificial (such as blocks of salt that farmers place in pastures for livestock to lick).
Mineral lick, also known as salt lick or natural lick, a natural mineral deposit where animals in nutrient-poor ecosystems can obtain essential mineral nutrients Topics referred to by the same term This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Deer Lick .
It is known that some species of bats regularly visit mineral or salt licks to increase mineral consumption. However, Voigt et al. demonstrated that both mineral-deficient and healthy bats visit salt licks at the same rate. [23] Therefore, mineral supplementation is unlikely to be the primary reason for geophagia in bats.
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Big Bone Lick State Park is located at Big Bone in Boone County, Kentucky. The name of the park comes from the Pleistocene megafauna fossils found there. [ 5 ] Mammoths are believed to have been drawn to this location by a salt lick deposited around the sulfur springs. [ 6 ]
There are mineral springs that contain sodium, calcium, potassium, magnesium, and other trace elements. The springs are used as mineral licks by elk, deer, and moose as well as providing mineral-rich soils for a variety of plants. [4]
Salt Fork was named for a mineral lick along the creek's course. [5] Plans to dam the creek for use as a water source began in 1956, then switched to planning for use as a recreational area in 1960. An earthen dam was completed in 1967, with the construction of recreational facilities initiated in 1968. Salt Fork Lodge opened in 1972 [4]
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