[TheRetiredBridgeburner]

Glad to hear you're recovering Mez, that sounds horrible

[QuickTidal]

Yeah, geez Mez that sounds awful! I'm so glad you're okay!

[Lady Bliss]

Thank god you are ok Mez, that sounds pretty scary. How are you doing?

[Slow Ben]

Just had a first. Face to face with a skunk in a crawl space.

I’ve never crawled so friggin fast in my life.

I think I’m lucky I scared him too cause he ran the other way instead of spraying me.

[QuickTidal]

Slow Ben, on 11 August 2020 - 05:47 PM, said:

Just had a first. Face to face with a skunk in a crawl space.

I’ve never crawled so friggin fast in my life.

I think I’m lucky I scared him too cause he ran the other way instead of spraying me.

I THINK Skunks have a bunch of stuff/warning things they do before they spray. It's why dogs get sprayed because they can't interpret the other signs.

That said, it's good your instincts turned you round and didn't get sprayed. That shit stinks! LOL

[Abyss]

Slow Ben, on 11 August 2020 - 05:47 PM, said:

Just had a first. Face to face with a skunk in a crawl space.

I've never crawled so friggin fast in my life.

I think I'm lucky I scared him too cause he ran the other way instead of spraying me.

FFS... no flamethrower????
Did ALIEN teach you NOTHING?

[Malankazooie]

You can definitely smell them before you get face to face with one, especially under a house. So going in you have to at least be aware that a skunk was there. And crawling under there, if you have a single grain of commons sense, you would take a cautionary approach.

[amphibian]

Oh wow. I was about 6 inches from a skunk that was dawdling near my back deck last Friday. It scooted off nicely and without trouble.

[Slow Ben]

Malankazooie, on 11 August 2020 - 06:41 PM, said:

You can definitely smell them before you get face to face with one, especially under a house. So going in you have to at least be aware that a skunk was there. And crawling under there, if you have a single grain of commons sense, you would take a cautionary approach.

Are you an asshole about everything? 😆

Believe it or not, people are not born with built in knowledge of what a skunk den smells like. I know now. When I saw him I was trying to figure out what the smell was. Kinda like cat pee, but less acidic.

[Malankazooie]

Slow Ben, on 11 August 2020 - 11:31 PM, said:

Malankazooie, on 11 August 2020 - 06:41 PM, said:

You can definitely smell them before you get face to face with one, especially under a house. So going in you have to at least be aware that a skunk was there. And crawling under there, if you have a single grain of commons sense, you would take a cautionary approach.

Are you an asshole about everything? 😆

Believe it or not, people are not born with built in knowledge of what a skunk den smells like. I know now. When I saw him I was trying to figure out what the smell was. Kinda like cat pee, but less acidic.

Whoa, whoa. Pull up on the reins with the aggro there big guy. I'm only an asshole about not knowing what a skunk smells like and Cadbury chocolates. BTW, how the hell do you get to mid life without ever smelling a skunk? Seriously?

Fun fact: Cadbury chocolate is made from the fermented scent glands of a dead skunk. Preferably from one that was found in the middle of an asphalt road, lying there in the summer heat for not less then 48 hours. Those are called "private reserve" Cadbury chocolates.

[Abyss]

Fun fact. skunks smell if they have used their musk weapon (MUSK WEAPON!) recently. Otherwise they smell like any other animal.... which is to say sure, you might smell them, or you might not.

[amphibian]

Skunks really don't smell if they're happy for a while. I was six inches from one for long enough to smell it if there was any ambient fragrance.

I dunno about skunk dens though. Cat pee sounds reasonable and probably more likely a cause due to cats being everywhere.

[Lady Bliss]

I had some really good skunk in the nineties.

[Tsundoku]

Lady Bliss, on 12 August 2020 - 03:32 AM, said:

I had some really good skunk in the nineties.

Kinky.

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[Mezla PigDog]

Malankazooie, on 11 August 2020 - 11:58 PM, said:

Slow Ben, on 11 August 2020 - 11:31 PM, said:

Malankazooie, on 11 August 2020 - 06:41 PM, said:

You can definitely smell them before you get face to face with one, especially under a house. So going in you have to at least be aware that a skunk was there. And crawling under there, if you have a single grain of commons sense, you would take a cautionary approach.

Are you an asshole about everything? 😆

BTW, how the hell do you get to mid life without ever smelling a skunk? Seriously?

Well now he just called you middle aged, SB.

It's so weird that you guys just stumble across skunks. Are raccoons everywhere too?

Thanks for the well wishes peeps. It wasn't that scary because my brain was made out of spaghetti at the time. I think for urgent medical problems it's always easier to be the patient than the onlooker. I'm doing good but I get faint if I move around too mucg but that's fine since my spirit animal is the sloth.

[Tsundoku]

Mezla PigDog, on 12 August 2020 - 07:53 AM, said:

Malankazooie, on 11 August 2020 - 11:58 PM, said:

Slow Ben, on 11 August 2020 - 11:31 PM, said:

Malankazooie, on 11 August 2020 - 06:41 PM, said:

You can definitely smell them before you get face to face with one, especially under a house. So going in you have to at least be aware that a skunk was there. And crawling under there, if you have a single grain of commons sense, you would take a cautionary approach.

Are you an asshole about everything? ��

BTW, how the hell do you get to mid life without ever smelling a skunk? Seriously?

Well now he just called you middle aged, SB.

It's so weird that you guys just stumble across skunks. Are raccoons everywhere too?

Thanks for the well wishes peeps. It wasn't that scary because my brain was made out of spaghetti at the time. I think for urgent medical problems it's always easier to be the patient than the onlooker. I'm doing good but I get faint if I move around too mucg but that's fine since my spirit animal is the sloth.

I thought your spirit creature was the djinn?

Glad you're still with us. But you've had your little break, now get me a damn sandwich!

This post has been edited by Tsundoku: 12 August 2020 - 08:21 AM

[Slow Ben]

I’ll be 41 in a couple weeks, so it’s pretty accurate. Hopefully.

You don’t see skunks often. Raccoons I see weekly, but I live in the country so their pretty common.

[QuickTidal]

Mezla PigDog, on 12 August 2020 - 07:53 AM, said:

It's so weird that you guys just stumble across skunks. Are raccoons everywhere too?

I will see a skunk at my in-laws every few months and their former dogs (all of whom are now sadly gone) had been sprayed at one point or another.

Racoons on the other hand are as prevalent and ubiquitous in Toronto at least as to be a straight up meme. I see them constantly. CONSTANTLY. They are a cutesy MENACE. LOL. Little bastards can figure out how to get into the most lock-tech brilliant green bins.

[Mezla PigDog]

To me this is something that only happens on tv.

[Abyss]

I live maybe 1km from full 'downtown' in a city of a million+, and routinely see racoons, rabbits, skunks, occasionally a fox.