Skunks

Well daughter Bea has been over in Connecticut for most of the summer and has finally realised her ambition to see a skunk. She got pretty close to it and spooked it but it didn't spray - 'I forgot about the spraying thing' she said - 'How can you forget that a skunk sprays?' thinks I. Anyway check out the entry above on the little creatures - not reckoned to be related to the mustelid family any more apparently. 'They have two glands, on either side of the anus, that produce a mixture of sulfur-containing chemicals (methyl and butyl thiols) that has a highly offensive smell' .... welcome to my world.