Animals maybe. Possibly humans as well. Wind and what little rain falls there would cause some erosion and it happened near the Dead Sea, the saltiest body of water on earth so there would be plenty of salt in the area for any one or any thing in need.
In my youth, I read Revelation and couldn't imagine seeing a time when evil would be as prevalent as that. Certainly not in such a relatively short time. He did foretell of this time, and worse, but Satan is immersing his followers in an increasing indoctrination of normalizing abominable behaviors.
I support him keeping children safe, before and after birth. I pray that the woman, or any person that harms children finds and listens to Jesus. I also believe that we must protect children whenever possible. There are those on the left that have said that conservatives care about the babies before they are born but not after. On the whole, we are seeing far too many on the left do not care for children before or after.