Melting glaciers are unveiling salt deposits. Goats and sheep are competing over them

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Melting glaciers are giving animals new access to much-needed nutrients.

As climate change causes glaciers to melt, two high-climbing species are competing over who gets to lick up all the nutritious salt deposits left in their wake.

Bighorn sheep and mountain goats both want a piece of these previously unavailable mineral deposits, and scientists have been watching them to see who comes out on top.

Melting glaciers are unveiling salt deposits. Goats and sheep are competing over them

 

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This unusual behavior from sheep and goats could reveal future climate troubles

Humans can take a cue from clashing mountain goats and sheep.

In 2019, Joel Berger and Forest Hayes were scoping out grizzlies in the Rocky Mountains when they saw something peculiar. Through their spotting scopes, they saw white dots on the landscape about a mile away above the treeline: mountain goats.

Then came bighorn sheep, and things got interesting.

This unusual behavior from sheep and goats could reveal future climate troubles