Pong is comparable to the kitchen of a wild deer.

SALT LICK is an area or area where different minerals can be found, which are necessary for the body and the livelihood of wildlife.

Specifically, herbivorous animals such as elephants, bison, red cows, stags, deer, birds, etc. Because herbivorous animals do not have essential mineral components for the body, animals have to replace them by eating soil or water from bulbs. There are two common bulbs: spontaneous bulbs and man-made bulbs.

There are two types of spontaneous bulges:

1. The soil is a ground area composed of minerals. Animals often use their mouth to dig the soil to eat it. They start eating at the surface of the soil first and then gradually deepen until we see it as a basin or pond, most of which is less than 1 meter deep. In the rainy season, the soil may be flooded. Animals do not eat the soil, but instead eat the water trapped in the soil.

2. Water pools are the origin of streams or ponds, seeped throughout the year, found in areas that seep or mop water or flow out of mountains, basins or ponds that have been polluted before, with water throughout the year.

The man-made bulge, or "artificial bulge," is shaped by digging the soil in the selected area into a basin, and mixing the ocean salt with the excavated soil. When there is rain or moisture from the dew, the salt melts, salting the soil. Different species of wildlife feed on these soil.

Source: Mae Wong National Park, 12th Nakhon Sawan Conservation Area Administration, WWF Thailand Tiger Population Rehabilitation Project, National Parks, Wildlife and Plant Species Department

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