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What makes a skunk smell so terrible is a liquid they spray from their glands when they're feeling threatened. The skunk's smelly defensive fluid is called mercaptan.
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∙ 11y ago
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∙ 10y agoIt contains many sulforous-smelling ingredients, along with thiols, and in total not only smell bad, but the thiols cause it to linger for weeks, if not months.
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What a skunk?
a skunk has a huge smell so i think it represents stinky!
What does a skunk symbolize?
a skunk has a huge smell so i think it represents stinky!
What is stinkier a skunk or a vole?
most likely a skunk because skunks have the nastiest smell that comes out of there butts, so im guessing skunk :D
Can skunk spray blind a dog?
Hi. The reason that a dog's ability to smell is affected when a skunk sprays on it is due to the fact that the smell of the skunk spray is so overpowering that all the dog can smell is that horrid skunk smell. Hope I helped, Miles 'Tails' Prower =]
Why does excretion smell so bad?
Excretions as in skunk spray and things like it? They contain chemicals that give off a terrible smell.
Why do skunk make there foul smell?
Because it needs to protect itself. Example: A human has a large net and wants to catch the skunk in it. The skunk sees him and sprays him so the human runs away and leaves the skunk alone to eat in peace.
What animal is afraid of its own smell?
Possibly a skunk, because it smells so bad but skunks love the smell of other skunks the more they smell the more they like it.
Did you hear about the flying skunk they call him a smelicopter explain joke?
A skunk smells ans a helicopter flies so the word smelicopter is a combination of the words smell and helicopter.
What animals use smells for weapons?
The DOG is an animal which uses smell as a weapon and so is a skunk. Hope it helped!!!
Will charcoal soak up skunk smell?
activated charcoal will absorb molecules of any kind so yes
Skunks?
form_title= Skunks form_header= Keep your home smell free. How long has the skunk been there?*= _ [50] Has anyone been sprayed by the skunk?*= () Yes () No What have you tried so far?*= _ [50]
What is a good sentences for pungent?
That spice has a very pungent odor, but it makes the soup quite delicious. The smell in the backyard was so pungent that we suspected to find a dead animal somewhere.
