to unintended wildlife–human interactions. History In the Americas The indigenous peoples of the Americas and the longhunters watched salt licks to hunt game. Many became well-known, including Bledsoe Lick in Sumner County, Tennessee; the Blue Lick in central Kentucky; 'Great Buffalo Lick' in Kanawha Salines, now present-day Malden, West Virginia; the French Lick in southern Indiana; and the Blackwater Lick in Blackwater, Lee County, Virginia. Mythology In Norse mythology, before the creation of the world, it was the divine cow Auðumbla, who – through her licking of the cosmic salt ice – gave form to Búri, ancestor of the gods and grandfather of Odin. On the first day as Auðumbla licked, Buri's hair appeared from the ice, on the second day his head, and on the third his body. See also Saltern Zoopharmacognosy References Further reading Kurlansky, Mark (2002). Salt: A World History.Walker and Co. . External links Animal husbandry Edible salt Minerals