• PrincessTardigrade@lemmy.world
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    15 hours ago

    See I’ve heard the opposite, at least for deer. Deer seek out salts since they grow antlers every year which takes a ton of calcium, so peeing on trees makes them target the bark where you’ve peed. Not totally sure tho

    • hector@lemmy.today
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      12 hours ago

      Oh yeah, I had only heard that predators were scared off by the testosterone, but yeah herbivores are salt starved they would try and lick a mountain lion’s balls if it was salty in a no salt area like I am here. Probably best not doing it at all.