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Skunks
The size of a cat or smaller with long fur and bushy tails, skunks are easily identified by their distinctive black and white coloration. These near-sighted omnivores have a hearty appetite for grubs and insect pests, and have also been known to consume mice and small rats. They are members of the Mustelid family, which also includes weasels, martens, and badgers. Skunks are found throughout North America, with only one species found in Asia.
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How is diffusion related to smelling the odor of the skunk that is far away?
If you ever plan on chasing a skunk, this might be very useful. Let's say that you're a few feet away from the skunk when it sprays you. There's no wind and you are not immediately in range of the skunk's spray. Regardless, the odor will still reach you even if both you and the skunk do absolutely nothing. It's all diffusion. The skunk's spray starts as a liquid, but rapidly evaporates into the surrounding air. Those particles disperse and collide with air particles, but will inevitably get further and further from the skunk. Eventually, you'll notice because those particles have now reached your nose. The particles of skunk collide with an enormous number of air particles per second, and it takes quite a bit of time to reach you, but the idea is that particles will eventually spread out from the source until they are somewhat evenly dispersed. Think of it as that time someone breaks wind in a classroom and everyone smells it, but doesn't know where it came from.
So if none of the spray lands on you, can you try to outrun the diffusion of the spray? Yes you should!
How do you remove a skunk from under a shed?
To have a skunk around is not necessarily a bad thing, skunks are placid, retiring and non-aggressive. They try very hard not to get in trouble. They eat mostly insects, many of which are pests so they are beneficial to have around. In winter and spring they may eat mice.
Sometimes skunks are killed or evicted because someone is afraid of getting sprayed; in true it takes a lot to get sprayed, they prefer to stay out of trouble. They will not spray in or near their homes if they can avoid it either.
Most skunks dig their own burrows but can also use abandoned dens of other animals, hollow logs, wood or rock piles, under buildings, stone walls, hay or brush piles and trees or stumps. They will establish a territory of a few hundred acres at most. They are primarily nocturnal and usually solitary - except when mothers are raising their babies. They are active throughout the year, but in northern areas, they spend the coldest parts of the winter in their dens.
If you really want to evict the skunk, first make sure that is not winter or that they have litter. For evicting them, first take measures to discourage them from sticking around. These include removing garbage and pet food left out at night and eliminating convenient denning sites such as wood and rock piles, elevated sheds, openings under concrete slabs and porches and access to crawl spaces under houses. You may however want an alternative den somewhere not too far so the skunk moves initially there.
Then try repacking the hole the skunk is using with leaves or other material to see if it will get the message and move elsewhere. Do not fill up the hole with heavy things or materials and don't poke inside the den or use aggression, otherwise, beside leaving the skunk to starve, you will also get the so feared sprayed odor impregnated in your place for ages.
If the previous measures fail, place ammonia-soaked rags near or inside the burrow to one side so that the skunk has to pass them to get in and out. Make sure the skunk is not close by before taking either of these measures.
Never close a den the first day you think it is empty, rather cover with leaves to check if the skunk is still using it, otherwise you may trap it inside and the feared odor will stay as a reminder for weeks.
If and only if all measures fail, place a one-way door at the place where the skunk leaves his den, he will come out but not be able to come in. This is however a last resource as may backfire to a trapped skunk (odor defense!) or other undesired outcomes.
Who are the main characters in the story Skunk Scout by Laurence Yep?
The book Skunk Scout is about a boy named Teddy that learns more about of himself, life in the wilderness, and spends more time wih his brother Bobby
Do skunks spray liquid or air?
When in danger, skunks are known for their ability to spray a repulsive gas from their behinds.
I describe the skunk smell as a VERY bitter smell. It was not what I had expected when my dog came to me, sprayed. It is NOT gross like a rotten egg, or something that smells more sour like. It is better, and indeed you will never forget the smell of a skunk. It also stays quite long, is very strong, and indeed a very unique smell which I think you will not find on anything else.
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- When they spray: putrid. The worst lingering smell you will ever experience.
- Skunks don't really smell like anything else. They are pretty unique in that sense.
- Interesting animals, skunks are. They're really quite mild mannered, and if you don't startle them or make them angry, they're happy to leave you alone. All they want from humans is the scraps of food that we carelessly leave laying around. They normally eat just about anything from frogs to bird eggs to whatever they can find in your garbage can. However, nature has given them a very effective means of self defense in the spray that they direct at an enemy. The spray is a chemical concoction manufactured by special glands in the skunks body. One of the ingredients is actually sulfuric acid, a very strong acid used for making car batteries and other industrial uses. To describe the smell of skunk spray is tough, as there's nothing in our daily lives that resembles it. It can, in very very small amounts, smell something like burned rubber. But, in larger quantities it is just indescribable. Once you smell it, you'll never forget it. It's very strong, and makes your eyes water and breathing difficult. It's very, very unpleasant to be sprayed by a skunk, which two of my dogs will swear to. Hopefully, you'll get a chance to find the answer for your question from a distance. And, remember, skunks are known to be carriers of rabies. If you're ever bitten by one, see a doctor immediately. Otherwise, they're really gentle critters who mind their own business. The only time I take action is if they decide to set up housekeeping under my porch. In that case, spreading mothballs around under the porch seems to chase them away. Mothballs smell to skunks like they smell to us.
Also in short here are 3 things they smell like is garlic, rotten eggs, burnt rubber.
Try taking a whiff of all three, a fun experiment to do at home.
Addition:
A skunk died under my apartment, and without knowing what the scent was I described it as an onion microwaved inside of a rubber glove for 20 minutes on high. That is exactly what it smelled like.
No. Skunks and domestic cats belong to the same Kingdom, Phylum, Class, and Order, but the skunk belongs to the Family Mephitidae and the domestic cat belongs to the Family Felidae. With some exceptions, most animals need to be in the same species group to produce offspring. Some Genus groups, such as Canis, can produce offspring after interbreeding. An example would be a timber wolf and a domestic dog. Being members of the same order would not be genetically possible to produce offspring should breeding occur somehow.
I have never personally witnessed this phenomena, but I have known someone who claims that, around his workplace at night, he has frequently witnessed the mating of cats and skunks. I am not certain whether male skunks with female cats or vice versa, but he claims to have seen this. He has never seen any offspring produced from this mating, however. So I think it is possible for them to mate, but not to reproduce.
No, skunks do not live in africa! For some reason though I can't seem to find out directly why they don't. The only thing I've got is that they do not and it more than likely because of the rain there.
No. Mice are rodents, not marsupials.
There are numerous tiny dasyurids, or carnivorous marsupials of Australia, which come under the broad heading of marsupial mice. They include the antechinus, dibbler, ningaui, phascogale, planigale, kultarr, dunnart, kaluta, mulgara and kowari, but these creatures are not related to the rodent known as "mouse" at all.
There are no predators of skunks. Only raccoons, which explains why you frequently see raccoons living next to your house. Regarding these issues, we provide The Critter Guy's services in Canada, Ontario.
How do you get rid of skunk smell in dogs mouth?
You should rush up into the bathroom, give him a tomato juice bath, he/she wont like it, and spray the house down with air freshener. My dog is fine now and he got spray two days ago, But the house smelt terrible. So watch out for that. I hope this helped!
Ferrets have an odor that comes from their sebaceous glands in the skin that secretes an oily/waxy matter, which is a musk odor. Ferret that have not been altered will have a more pronounced odor during mating season (especially males - hobs), altered ferrets have less of a smell. The odor will accumulate on their bedding and must be kept clean and washed. The litter box must be cleaned daily and avoid feeding any ferret food that has fish ingredients, which makes their feces smell more.
- Ferrets that have been altered do have a musky smell from the oil their skin secretes. Some people like the smell and some people don't. Bathing ferrets frequently actually makes them smell more because their oil glands start to overproduce from their dry skin
- Ferrets do smell especially hobs but the smell changes and gets a lot better when they have been neutered . once they are neutered the smell is so much easier to tolerate.
If skunks come out during the day do they have rabies?
No, unsually it means that it is a young raccoon and he is working hard at finding food and territorty. He has been run away from his home and family and now out on his own. He has to work extra hard to find enough food and stay on the move because he hasn't marked out his own territorty yet. So, he isn't really safe anywhere yet. If you look closely they are usually smaller and have thinner hair. They are the teenager group and it's a hard time for them. The adults will attack them and run them off their territorty, so they come out early and then go into hiding when it gets dark and the grown ups come out.
it means it has the rabies usually or has a mind sickness
Can a dog die from skunk spray?
Skunk smell can make certain people who are sensitive to the smell be nauseous or even vomit. Skunk smell can also explode red blood cells, causing anemia, skin paling, and fatigue. The smell also has the ability to keep some people awake at night, causing their body to grow tired and vulnerable to disease. Fortunately though, most people have no serious reaction to skunk smell, and some people even adore it!
Skunks are nocturnal animals by nature and usually travel in groups at night unless they get separated. A skunk may make an appearance during the day if it is disturbed or threatened.
Does the baby skunk spray have an odor?
Yea... Every thing with teeth bites. THAT'S some very useful information if you don't know if something with teeth bites. Because now you know, no matter what the type of living organism, if it has teeth, it bites.
I don't think skunks go through rosebushes too much, but their thick coat will probably prtotect them.
Skunks are omnivores and are capable of eating pretty much anything a human can. They will definitely eat human garbage if they can get to it, so I don't see any reason they wouldn't eat the pre-garbage version of the same thing.
There is no skunk god people it is hibbyjiiby stuff no skunk god
How are pigs and skunks different and how are they the same?
Both are mammals, in that they have red blood, have similar bone structure, and give birth to live young. Pigs are a furlessanimal that can weigh over 300 pounds. Skunks are a small furry rodent with scent glands used to ward off enemies. Domestic pigs have no enemies other than man.
