Why are skunks so wonderful?
connortheskunk
definitely did not look at yiff last night.
All of them!
Simo
Professional Watermelon Farmer
It really was hard to resist, making such an open-ended objective poll...but I tried : P
Pipistrele
Smart batto!
They have the worst farts, and that's a skill I can admire.
Simo
Professional Watermelon Farmer
Also: the oily spray of a skunk is also flammable!
One day, we might evolve nature's first flamethrowers...
Casey Fluffbat
E. Fuscus from the discount section
I don't know if I have the willful capacity to choose any of this 'cute' stuff.
I guess I'll go with the markings.
I guess I'll go with the markings.
Mikazuki Marazhu
I hate you all
You guys stink
get it? skunk? stink?... i'll see myself out
get it? skunk? stink?... i'll see myself out
Simo
Professional Watermelon Farmer
Not in Maryland, but I plan to move back to Michigan in not too long, and they're legal there: and, Skunkfest is in Ohio, a festival of skunk-lovers, and also a good place to network, to be sure you have a vet who knows to care for them. It's run by a woman who has run a pet skunk rescue place for some 20 years, now, just south of Cleveland.
So in a few years, I do hope to find my way back to the snowy north, and look into one, as I'll have the right sort of space there, to keep one. I want to be sure I'm ready to meet such an obligation. Our neighbors had one, and she was really sweet! And usually, pretty cuddly. And mischievous...
They're not.
They're one of natures many, many mistakes.
According to wikipedia, the etymology of the word skunk literally derives from "pissing fox."
No offense but if you have a skunk fursona I'm going to assume you have a stink fetish.
They're one of natures many, many mistakes.
According to wikipedia, the etymology of the word skunk literally derives from "pissing fox."
No offense but if you have a skunk fursona I'm going to assume you have a stink fetish.
CarbonCoal
Digital Artist
Skunks are adorable.I wouldn't mind having a pet skunk if a could.
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Okami_No_Heishi
Guest
They have a pretty white stripe.
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backpawscratcher
Guest
Teh Fluffiness™, always Teh Fluffiness™.
That goes for most other critters too.
That goes for most other critters too.
PlusThirtyOne
What DOES my username mean...?
i haven't had much close-up time with any skunks but the two that i have met were polite and punctual!
Fresh out of high school, i got a job delivering rural newspapers. -By car, mind you; none of that bike pedalin' delivery boy shit. We delivered the good and heavy stuff while the daytime delivery kiddos were sleepin'. We hucked bagged news and coupons out the window a la drive-by. These weren't no nickel ads, my friends. We're talking a literal TON of newspapers piled in the back of the car. About half a mile between each house on average up in the hills and through the rich peoples' mansions in wine country. Drive a mile up a drive way, roll the window down and hurl a solid 5 pound roll of politics, pros, opinion pieces and stock prices at the front door. WHOOMP! Like angrily chucking a small infant onto an inner city orphanage stoop. Rinse and repeat from midnight to 8am. By the end of my first month, my arms were rock solid. Never thought one could get ripped throwing newspapers. i also got some pretty stellar aim too! On sundays we may as well have been delivering cinder blocks with all those thick ad sheets and inserts. No joke, i missed a front porch once and nailed a car's bumper in the driveway and dented it.
-Aaaaaaanyway, that's not what i was getting at...
Around the 5am mark of route, i had to deliver two papers at the end of a freakishly long mansions' driveway and u-turn at the end. At that point of the route, the sun was just peeking over the horizon and the driveway was heading East. Every single morning -without fail- there was a small family of skunks that would sit and wait for me at the end of the driveway, up atop a short hill in front of the sunrise. Like a scene from a documentary, 5 or 6 skunky silhouettes would be standing like meerkats, staring me down with glowing eyes highlighted by my headlights. i'd slowly back and turn the car around and head back down the driveway with the whole family in tow, chasing me back to the road. it was a cute event i got to witness every night at that point of my route. Always made me smile.
...and then i squished one.
The skunk family stopped chasing me after that.
i felt bad.
And it stunk.
And that made me feel worse.
My car smelled like skunk squish for a week.
So yeah... That's my skunk story.
Fresh out of high school, i got a job delivering rural newspapers. -By car, mind you; none of that bike pedalin' delivery boy shit. We delivered the good and heavy stuff while the daytime delivery kiddos were sleepin'. We hucked bagged news and coupons out the window a la drive-by. These weren't no nickel ads, my friends. We're talking a literal TON of newspapers piled in the back of the car. About half a mile between each house on average up in the hills and through the rich peoples' mansions in wine country. Drive a mile up a drive way, roll the window down and hurl a solid 5 pound roll of politics, pros, opinion pieces and stock prices at the front door. WHOOMP! Like angrily chucking a small infant onto an inner city orphanage stoop. Rinse and repeat from midnight to 8am. By the end of my first month, my arms were rock solid. Never thought one could get ripped throwing newspapers. i also got some pretty stellar aim too! On sundays we may as well have been delivering cinder blocks with all those thick ad sheets and inserts. No joke, i missed a front porch once and nailed a car's bumper in the driveway and dented it.
-Aaaaaaanyway, that's not what i was getting at...
Around the 5am mark of route, i had to deliver two papers at the end of a freakishly long mansions' driveway and u-turn at the end. At that point of the route, the sun was just peeking over the horizon and the driveway was heading East. Every single morning -without fail- there was a small family of skunks that would sit and wait for me at the end of the driveway, up atop a short hill in front of the sunrise. Like a scene from a documentary, 5 or 6 skunky silhouettes would be standing like meerkats, staring me down with glowing eyes highlighted by my headlights. i'd slowly back and turn the car around and head back down the driveway with the whole family in tow, chasing me back to the road. it was a cute event i got to witness every night at that point of my route. Always made me smile.
...and then i squished one.
The skunk family stopped chasing me after that.
i felt bad.
And it stunk.
And that made me feel worse.
My car smelled like skunk squish for a week.
So yeah... That's my skunk story.
Simo
Professional Watermelon Farmer
A family of skunks tore up my yard a few years ago, digging for grubs. Looked like a damned minefield. So I'd say they're wonderfully destructive.
That just means ya had a grubby yard, and we fixed it!
Plus, we dig up yellow-jacket nests...and who likes wasps??????
Referenced in this fine tune....
dogryme6
Duality Fluff Dragon
Waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaait!
There's a club of skunk lovers in ohio!? Uhhhhhhh... I don't know if I wanna see them D: I don't wanna get skunk'd on
But you guys do have a few admirable traits. If you didn't have weaponized stench to spray I'd gladly pick one up, otherwise it'd be off to go contaminate vats of tomato juice by swimming in them for me! And the black and white monochromatic colors are always pretty good to have.
But your most admirable trait? YEAH! EAT THOSE WASPS AND YELLOW JACKETS, EAT EM UP! We don't need em in this world, they're assholes with stingers! You might save me from a heart attack followed by a thousand injections of toxins someday!
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Massan Otter
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Good faces, bold colour scheme, and all the skunks of FAF seemed like quite chilled, friendly individuals (I appreciate that). Plus they're somewhat exotic to me as we don't have them over here.
An otter has to be easygoing about scent. All of the mustelids have a certain musky thing going on - add to that fur which is rarely dry, garnish with a touch of oily fish, and I'm just grateful that no-one has kicked me out of bed yet! So I'll hold of from teasing the skunks.
(Although it did occur to me that the number of votes for "Smell nice and musky" equals the number of skunks posting on FAF currently. Coincidence?)
An otter has to be easygoing about scent. All of the mustelids have a certain musky thing going on - add to that fur which is rarely dry, garnish with a touch of oily fish, and I'm just grateful that no-one has kicked me out of bed yet! So I'll hold of from teasing the skunks.
(Although it did occur to me that the number of votes for "Smell nice and musky" equals the number of skunks posting on FAF currently. Coincidence?)
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AnarchyLynx
A Lynx to the past
I prefer hash...
