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Hit a skunk!
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And it's stinkin' to high heaven.
A long time ago, I had a very similar experience. Late at night, speeding on a small country lane, and a skunk was right in the middle of my lane. I decided that swerving enough to avoid the skunk may be dangerous, so I went right over the top of it. The skunk was killed, but luckily my car didn't get very much at all of the smell. It must have been slow at releasing it's gland. But the smell was enough to get me out of a ticket.
Another half mile down the lane, I get pulled over by a city police officer. He reminds me of the speed limit on the road, gave me a verbal warning and let me go.
The next Sunday at church, a friend comes up and says to me, "I hear you met my husband last week. The only reason you got off without a ticket is because he can't stand the smell of skunk."
For me, the skunk smell was just barely noticeable, but I guess the smell was too much for him.BTW, I later became good friends with her husband, the officer that let me off.
AutoMechanic
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We have this albino skunk that’s been hanging out around my house recently. Fortunately he hasn’t sprayed anyone or the dog yet and hopefully it stays that way lol. You come down the driveway in the evening and you can see it’s pink or red eyes glowing with the light. I’ll try to get a picture next time I see it.
My uncle has been sprayed twice by skunks when he was a teenager running a trap line. His career was as a biological research scientist that spanned 40 years. He is 87 and still runs a trap line. Evidently his life experiences taught him to avoid a live skunk in a trap, because it hasn't happened since.
Skunks are also among the biggest carriers of rabies in the eastern US, right up there with raccoons, foxes, bats, and feral cats. Another reason to avoid them.
One thing stinkier than skunk. I mean skunks are repellent, so you get out of the area. Fine. Send the car through the car wash six times, done.
Worse? A wet dead raccoon who has let his juices out. It's instant heme (iron stink) puke. Nasty. It doesn't stick to a person, but one wiff...........
Worse? A wet dead raccoon who has let his juices out. It's instant heme (iron stink) puke. Nasty. It doesn't stick to a person, but one wiff...........
slo town
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I've heard that de-scented and vaccinated skunks make great house pets. I've been told they're loving and loyal.
FWIW,
Scott
I have seen a couple and they do. They do not bite, as evolution as completely removed their instinct to do so. Why would they need to bite when they can spray their oily terror?
skunk you say?
Here is the alert sheet from the backyard unifi g6 ptz camera.
(I can click on them to jump to the video starting 5s before the snapshot)
its not always skunks (there is a possum in there too)
Amazing the things you would never know about without a camera.
Here is the alert sheet from the backyard unifi g6 ptz camera.
(I can click on them to jump to the video starting 5s before the snapshot)
its not always skunks (there is a possum in there too)
Amazing the things you would never know about without a camera.
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slo town
$200 Site Donor 2026
Yeah, I know.. But think about it. Have you ever seen a dirty skunk? The ones I see always look freshly bathed; the black is shiny black and the white is pure white.
And speaking of wild pets, our old neighbors adopted a wounded crow who damaged his wing making it impossible to fly. Ralph and Christine let the crow live in their house. Named him Max. Max walked around like he was part of the family. He lived with them for a couple years before the neighbor's cat got him while he was out for a walk on the patio. Ralph and Christine were genuinely saddened. They loved that bird - and it was obvious he loved them too because of how he interacted with them. Max even used to watch television with them!
Scott
OVERKILL
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Rand's nature preserve, looooll
They actually are, but many states and localities restrict keeping them (and other critters such as raccoons and squirrels) as pets, especially if you got one from the wild yourself.
AZjeff
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Get a really good close-up of it's pink nose.
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Same thing happened in the early 90s at my Mom's house. She had to get a fire restoration company to run an Ozone machine in the house for a couple of days with everybody out. It sort of worked.
People "killled" 273,000 of their kind through the past decade in the U.S. - and that's just the Flu.
Now we are blame sharing with a virus?
That's the way it works.
Didn't get it from Pepe or ... Ole Yeller
Didn't get it from Pepe or ... Ole Yeller
Depends on which virus but most all "FLU" came from PORKY OR DUCKS/Aquatic birds.
I Just made it through my 50th H.S. Reunion unscathed ... and unmasked!
