How to find natural salt licks?
There are a number of places where salt can easily be found at or near the surface. Notably Salt Lake Utah, but there are also other Salt lick places of note.
How would I recognize a natural salt lick if I saw one?
Would I need to just stumble across one, or are there signs that will lead to one?
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There are a number of places where salt can easily be found at or near the surface. Notably Salt Lake Utah, but there are also other Salt lick places of note.
How would I recognize a natural salt lick if I saw one?
Would I need to just stumble across one, or are there signs that will lead to one?
survival food
asked Feb 4 at 11:08
James JenkinsJames Jenkins
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I saw a lick of orangish mud in Pennsylvania that a whole flock of butterflies had landed on and were feeding on. It must have been minerals or salt they needed. I think a real salt lick would have deer and animal tracks on its edges.
– David Reichard
2 days ago
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There are a number of places where salt can easily be found at or near the surface. Notably Salt Lake Utah, but there are also other Salt lick places of note.
How would I recognize a natural salt lick if I saw one?
Would I need to just stumble across one, or are there signs that will lead to one?
survival food
asked Feb 4 at 11:08
James JenkinsJames Jenkins
18.4k1066173
There are a number of places where salt can easily be found at or near the surface. Notably Salt Lake Utah, but there are also other Salt lick places of note.
How would I recognize a natural salt lick if I saw one?
Would I need to just stumble across one, or are there signs that will lead to one?
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asked Feb 4 at 11:08
James JenkinsJames Jenkins
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asked Feb 4 at 11:08
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edited Feb 4 at 12:23
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asked Feb 4 at 11:08
James JenkinsJames Jenkins
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asked Feb 4 at 11:08
James JenkinsJames Jenkins
18.4k1066173
asked Feb 4 at 11:08
James JenkinsJames Jenkins
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I saw a lick of orangish mud in Pennsylvania that a whole flock of butterflies had landed on and were feeding on. It must have been minerals or salt they needed. I think a real salt lick would have deer and animal tracks on its edges.
– David Reichard
2 days ago
add a comment |
I saw a lick of orangish mud in Pennsylvania that a whole flock of butterflies had landed on and were feeding on. It must have been minerals or salt they needed. I think a real salt lick would have deer and animal tracks on its edges.
– David Reichard
2 days ago
I saw a lick of orangish mud in Pennsylvania that a whole flock of butterflies had landed on and were feeding on. It must have been minerals or salt they needed. I think a real salt lick would have deer and animal tracks on its edges.
– David Reichard
2 days ago
I saw a lick of orangish mud in Pennsylvania that a whole flock of butterflies had landed on and were feeding on. It must have been minerals or salt they needed. I think a real salt lick would have deer and animal tracks on its edges.
– David Reichard
2 days ago
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Although I checked your link, I am not sure how exactly you would personally use a salt lick (based on the images from the mineral lick wiki article). There might be certain signs that can give away a salty environment: plants that thrive in a such a place, dried edges of water streams/ponds where the salt becomes visible (the ground is covered with a thin layer of white salt). This occurs, of course, in cases of extreme salinity, like for example this salty valley near Praid, Romania.
answered Feb 4 at 11:38
AkabelleAkabelle
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Animals gathering there (while 'eating').
You would have to distinguish the reason for them gathering (probably by moving closer, thereby scaring them away, then investigating the reason). Not very effective, because they can gather for many other reasons (water, other food, social).
A complication is that these places may be hidden. I remember a salt lick visited by parrots in the Peruvian jungle at the Tampopata river - without prior knowledge you would not see it. It was not an open place like in your picture but an overgrown clay cliff that they clung to:
Credit: Lonni Friedman, FlickrCC
And if you suspect there are around, don't hesitate asking local people ;-)
answered Feb 4 at 13:40
Jan DoggenJan Doggen
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See here, amusingplanet.com/2018/11/…, for an extreme example of salt-seeking animals...
– DJohnM
Feb 4 at 18:26
At the end of an animal trail, that stops at a rock outcropping with a clean spot on it.
– Mazura
Feb 4 at 22:09
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Although I checked your link, I am not sure how exactly you would personally use a salt lick (based on the images from the mineral lick wiki article). There might be certain signs that can give away a salty environment: plants that thrive in a such a place, dried edges of water streams/ponds where the salt becomes visible (the ground is covered with a thin layer of white salt). This occurs, of course, in cases of extreme salinity, like for example this salty valley near Praid, Romania.
answered Feb 4 at 11:38
AkabelleAkabelle
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Although I checked your link, I am not sure how exactly you would personally use a salt lick (based on the images from the mineral lick wiki article). There might be certain signs that can give away a salty environment: plants that thrive in a such a place, dried edges of water streams/ponds where the salt becomes visible (the ground is covered with a thin layer of white salt). This occurs, of course, in cases of extreme salinity, like for example this salty valley near Praid, Romania.
answered Feb 4 at 11:38
AkabelleAkabelle
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Although I checked your link, I am not sure how exactly you would personally use a salt lick (based on the images from the mineral lick wiki article). There might be certain signs that can give away a salty environment: plants that thrive in a such a place, dried edges of water streams/ponds where the salt becomes visible (the ground is covered with a thin layer of white salt). This occurs, of course, in cases of extreme salinity, like for example this salty valley near Praid, Romania.
answered Feb 4 at 11:38
AkabelleAkabelle
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Although I checked your link, I am not sure how exactly you would personally use a salt lick (based on the images from the mineral lick wiki article). There might be certain signs that can give away a salty environment: plants that thrive in a such a place, dried edges of water streams/ponds where the salt becomes visible (the ground is covered with a thin layer of white salt). This occurs, of course, in cases of extreme salinity, like for example this salty valley near Praid, Romania.
answered Feb 4 at 11:38
AkabelleAkabelle
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answered Feb 4 at 11:38
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Animals gathering there (while 'eating').
You would have to distinguish the reason for them gathering (probably by moving closer, thereby scaring them away, then investigating the reason). Not very effective, because they can gather for many other reasons (water, other food, social).
A complication is that these places may be hidden. I remember a salt lick visited by parrots in the Peruvian jungle at the Tampopata river - without prior knowledge you would not see it. It was not an open place like in your picture but an overgrown clay cliff that they clung to:
Credit: Lonni Friedman, FlickrCC
And if you suspect there are around, don't hesitate asking local people ;-)
answered Feb 4 at 13:40
Jan DoggenJan Doggen
590219
See here, amusingplanet.com/2018/11/…, for an extreme example of salt-seeking animals...
– DJohnM
Feb 4 at 18:26
At the end of an animal trail, that stops at a rock outcropping with a clean spot on it.
– Mazura
Feb 4 at 22:09
add a comment |
Animals gathering there (while 'eating').
You would have to distinguish the reason for them gathering (probably by moving closer, thereby scaring them away, then investigating the reason). Not very effective, because they can gather for many other reasons (water, other food, social).
A complication is that these places may be hidden. I remember a salt lick visited by parrots in the Peruvian jungle at the Tampopata river - without prior knowledge you would not see it. It was not an open place like in your picture but an overgrown clay cliff that they clung to:
Credit: Lonni Friedman, FlickrCC
And if you suspect there are around, don't hesitate asking local people ;-)
answered Feb 4 at 13:40
Jan DoggenJan Doggen
590219
See here, amusingplanet.com/2018/11/…, for an extreme example of salt-seeking animals...
– DJohnM
Feb 4 at 18:26
At the end of an animal trail, that stops at a rock outcropping with a clean spot on it.
– Mazura
Feb 4 at 22:09
add a comment |
Animals gathering there (while 'eating').
You would have to distinguish the reason for them gathering (probably by moving closer, thereby scaring them away, then investigating the reason). Not very effective, because they can gather for many other reasons (water, other food, social).
A complication is that these places may be hidden. I remember a salt lick visited by parrots in the Peruvian jungle at the Tampopata river - without prior knowledge you would not see it. It was not an open place like in your picture but an overgrown clay cliff that they clung to:
Credit: Lonni Friedman, FlickrCC
And if you suspect there are around, don't hesitate asking local people ;-)
answered Feb 4 at 13:40
Jan DoggenJan Doggen
590219
Animals gathering there (while 'eating').
You would have to distinguish the reason for them gathering (probably by moving closer, thereby scaring them away, then investigating the reason). Not very effective, because they can gather for many other reasons (water, other food, social).
A complication is that these places may be hidden. I remember a salt lick visited by parrots in the Peruvian jungle at the Tampopata river - without prior knowledge you would not see it. It was not an open place like in your picture but an overgrown clay cliff that they clung to:
Credit: Lonni Friedman, FlickrCC
And if you suspect there are around, don't hesitate asking local people ;-)
answered Feb 4 at 13:40
Jan DoggenJan Doggen
590219
edited Feb 4 at 13:47
answered Feb 4 at 13:40
Jan DoggenJan Doggen
590219
answered Feb 4 at 13:40
Jan DoggenJan Doggen
590219
answered Feb 4 at 13:40
Jan DoggenJan Doggen
590219
590219
See here, amusingplanet.com/2018/11/…, for an extreme example of salt-seeking animals...
– DJohnM
Feb 4 at 18:26
At the end of an animal trail, that stops at a rock outcropping with a clean spot on it.
– Mazura
Feb 4 at 22:09
add a comment |
See here, amusingplanet.com/2018/11/…, for an extreme example of salt-seeking animals...
– DJohnM
Feb 4 at 18:26
At the end of an animal trail, that stops at a rock outcropping with a clean spot on it.
– Mazura
Feb 4 at 22:09
See here, amusingplanet.com/2018/11/…, for an extreme example of salt-seeking animals...
– DJohnM
Feb 4 at 18:26
See here, amusingplanet.com/2018/11/…, for an extreme example of salt-seeking animals...
– DJohnM
Feb 4 at 18:26
At the end of an animal trail, that stops at a rock outcropping with a clean spot on it.
– Mazura
Feb 4 at 22:09
At the end of an animal trail, that stops at a rock outcropping with a clean spot on it.
– Mazura
Feb 4 at 22:09
add a comment |
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I saw a lick of orangish mud in Pennsylvania that a whole flock of butterflies had landed on and were feeding on. It must have been minerals or salt they needed. I think a real salt lick would have deer and animal tracks on its edges.
– David Reichard
2 days ago