But you have to take what he said with a salt lick.

但是他的话不能全信。

There’s a lot of competition for resources between groups as they move toward pastures, toward water, toward even areas where they need to do salt licks for the livestock.

当他们转向牧场、水源， 甚至是他们需要为牲畜舔盐的地方时， 群体之间会发生很多资源竞争。

One can still see the signs giving wandering animals the “right-of-way” on the lanes. Deer, cattle, and sheep often halt the buses’ progress up or down the mountain as they meander to the salt licks.

路上，仍然可以看见让放养的动物们“优先通行”的标示牌。鹿、牛和羊悠闲地在盐渍地舔食时，常常迫使正在行驶的上下山巴士停下来。

These are called " licks" or " salt licks, " in the language of the country, from the circumstance that the quadruped is often obliged to lick the earth, in order to obtain the saline particles.

这些在该国的语言中被称为“舔”或“盐舔”，因为四足动物经常不得不舔地球以获得盐粒。