Chapter 29 (2/2)
But this hill is very special, because there are almost no plants on it.
If it wasn't for the wrong color of the hill, the stone bear really thought that the mountain was an iron mine!
”Guardian, I found those stones at the foot of the hill to the west of this hill.”
Looking down, the stone bear's face immediately became very wonderful, because they all saw that at the foot of the hill, there were many animals ”gnawing the mountain”!
Yes, most of these animals are herbivores such as red deer, bison and wild goat, with a number of more than 100. These animals are quietly there, head down, as if on the ground gnawing grass roots.
However, not far from this hill, there are many withered and yellow weeds. These herbivores do not eat the weeds, but come to grab some stones to nibble. This phenomenon is really strange.
The sharp stone worshipped the mountain for a while, and then said: ”the kabulu sacrifice once said that this hill is the shelter of the God of the earth. Every day, many animals come here to worship the God of the earth. Even many wild wolves and black bears come here. Sometimes wild wolves, wild goats and bison will worship the God of the earth at the same time. So the people of our tribe never come here to hunt. ”
The stone bear burst out laughing, patted the sharp stone on the shoulder and said, ”boy, you have made great achievements!”
This sentence blurs the sharp stone and the fast horse, but when they see the stone bear rushing towards the hill, they immediately follow him.
When Kuaima and sharp stone arrived at the hill, they found that the stone bear was squatting on the ground smiling and licking his fingers.
The bruise on this guy's face hasn't completely subsided. In addition to his daunting physique, it makes people feel that strangers are not near. But at this time, he has a very strange smile on his face, and his look is even more frightening.
What they don't know is that the stone bear is really happy at this time.
Compared with finding kaolin, limestone and even iron ore, this hill is the real Jinshan!
Without him, this hill is actually a salt mountain! To be exact, it is a rock salt mine protruding from the surface!
Just now, after seeing the strange behavior of those herbivores, especially after hearing the explanation from sharp stone, the stone bear was quite sure that the hill was probably a salt mountain.
Those animals come to this hill every day to ”chew stones”, which is actually a way to supplement salt. Whether it's animals that eat meat or grass, or even Baba, they can't do without salt!
It can be said that as long as it is an animal in the world, salt is indispensable!
Animals don't cook salt and smoke by themselves, they can only rely on instinct to find some salt containing rocks or saline land, and then sweet food, so as to ensure the intake of salt in the body.
This hill is actually a natural salt mountain, so all kinds of animals come here every day to ”gnaw stones”. In fact, these animals are not eating stones, but licking stones to supplement salt!