Re: Well its not dinosaurian, but nevertheless ..............

[Dann Pigdon <dannj@alphalink.com.au>]

On Thu, Nov 4th, 2010 at 5:35 AM, Dan Chure <danchure@easilink.com> wrote:

> This is of such astounding neontological curiosity, that I pass it on as 
> members of this list would, I hope, find it of some interest.
> 
> http://www.dailymail.co.uk/travel/article-1320804/Mountain-goats-climb-160ft-near-vertical-
Cingino-dam.html

Animals will go to astounding lengths (or heights!) to address mineral 
deficiancies. In Mt Elgon 
National Park in Kenya there are elephants that have been mining salt from 
caves quite possibly 
for thousands of years.

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Dann Pigdon
Spatial Data Analyst               Australian Dinosaurs
Melbourne, Australia               http://home.alphalink.com.au/~dannj
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