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...

addition to hay there is often also a mineral lick near the rack where the animals can obtain essential mineral nutrients. Manger Hayrack Wikimedia Commons...

Centerton. White Lick Creek is named for a mineral lick which attracted deer. In the past the stream had various names: East Lick Creek, White Lick River, Whitelick...

enters within the Otter Slough Conservation Area. Lick Creek was so named on account of a mineral lick near its course. List of rivers of Missouri U.S....

Gogo Salt Lick is a naturally occurring salt lick located in Embu County, Kenya. It has been known as a place of Mûnyû (salt) for hundreds of years in...

different fruits. To supplement their diet with minerals, they congregate at mineral-rich waterholes and mineral licks. Elephant dung piles collected in Kahuzi-Biéga...

Dropping Lick Creek is a stream in the U.S. state of West Virginia, probably named for a mineral lick near a waterfall. List of rivers of West Virginia...

account of a mineral lick near its course. List of rivers of Missouri U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Lick Branch (Wolf Creek...

account of a mineral lick near its course. List of rivers of Missouri U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Lick Creek (North Fork...

grow on their fur for nutrients. They have also been observed using mineral licks. They have large, four-chambered stomachs, which help to ferment the...

named for a mineral lick which attracted wildlife. List of rivers of Tennessee U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Lick Creek (Duck...

bats regularly visit mineral or salt licks to increase mineral consumption. However, Voigt et al. demonstrated that both mineral-deficient and healthy...

Natural mineral licks, whether associated with brine springs or just mineral-rich soils, were frequented by animals that literally licked the ground...

was named for the mineral licks in the area. List of rivers of Missouri U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Lick Fork (Perche Creek...

named on account of mineral licks in the area. List of rivers of Missouri U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Lick Creek (Fishing River...

Bears'. Mahoning Creek – from Lenape word Mahonink, meaning 'at the mineral lick', referring to a place frequented by deer, elk and other animals. Manatawny...

during different times of the year. They also acquire minerals to supplement their diet from mineral licks. Like other Ovis species, the rams engage in dominance...

Lick Branch is a stream in Cooper County in the U.S. state of Missouri. It is a tributary of Petite Saline Creek. Lick Branch was named for mineral licks...

of nearby mineral licks which attracted deer. List of rivers of Missouri U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Lick Branch (Osage...

-90.70611 just southwest of the city of Piedmont. Lick Branch was so named on account of a mineral lick near its course. List of rivers of Missouri U.S...

of mineral licks near its course which attracted deer. List of rivers of Missouri U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Lick Creek...

was named for mineral licks along its course. List of rivers of Missouri U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Lick Creek (Meramec...

Salt Lick Creek is a stream in Lewis County, Kentucky, in the United States. It is a tributary of the Ohio River. The mineral lick from which Salt Lick Creek...

or use mineral resources such as salt licks to obtain minerals. Finally, although mineral and elements are in many ways synonymous, minerals are only...

a mineral lick near its course which attracted buffalo. List of rivers of Missouri U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Lick Branch...

Lick Creek is a stream in the U.S. state of Tennessee. Lick Creek was named for mineral licks along its course which attracted deer. U.S. Geological Survey...

primarily reflect nutritional needs (such as movements to and from mineral licks/salt lick), reproductive needs (in other words, movement of pre-parturient...

was so named on account of mineral licks near its course. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Lick Creek (Smith Creek tributary)...

activity patterns of animals, such as which time of day they visit mineral licks. Camera traps are also useful to record animal migrations. The earliest...

reached after 2 and 3 hour trips, respectively. There are also many mineral licks where birds and mammals gather and are popular nature watching spots...