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Nutrition or Detoxification: Why Bats Visit Mineral Licks of the Amazonian Rainforest
Many animals in the tropics of Africa, Asia and South America regularly visit so-called salt or mineral licks to consume clay or drink clay-saturated water. Whether this behavior is used to supplement diets with locally limited nutrients or to buffer the effects of toxic secondary plant compounds re...
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Public Library of Science
2008
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| Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2292638/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18431492 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0002011 |