Salt is a hot commidity in the rain forest

[Interesting Facts]

Salt is a hot commidity in the rain forest 1 0
Posted by duddy   May 24, 2013   3177 views
In the Amazon rainforest salt is a highly sought after commodity. Tears are full of salt, so these butterflies are literally drinking the turtles tears to get the vital mineral. This is a fairly common sight in the Amazon, and it's not restricted to butterflies.
turtles behaviour butterflies amazon rain forest
Posted in Interesting Facts
You might also like... A monster of an ant One extremely intelligent beak -- I mean bird A new species of giant fish as been discovered How to withstand a piranha attack Walking leaves Animal hitchhikers

	1 Comment | Write Comment
1 I've never heard of this. This is really neat, though! Posted on Jul 1, 2013 by doseofmegan