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Message 1026238 - Posted: 18 Aug 2010, 21:45:20 UTC - in response to Message 1026235.  

Do giraffes spit when annoyed?


Don't think so, that would be their distant cousins the camels, accurate to 3 paces.

Camels

Just where did you find such an inaccurate camel?

Actually John they both exist, So their both real, If that's what You meant.
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Message 1026240 - Posted: 18 Aug 2010, 21:53:43 UTC

Llamas are also known to spit when they are angry at you. But they are much cuter!!
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Message 1026241 - Posted: 18 Aug 2010, 21:57:08 UTC - in response to Message 1026240.  

Llamas are also known to spit when they are angry at you. But they are much cuter!!

And they are related to Camels which evolved here in North America, Then the camels departed for parts elsewhere when the Bering Land bridge formed during the last ice age.
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Message 1026247 - Posted: 18 Aug 2010, 23:11:08 UTC

So camels are really lamas that got lost?
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Message 1026249 - Posted: 18 Aug 2010, 23:16:17 UTC - in response to Message 1026207.  

Angela is gonna thump us for gatecrashing her thread! I'm gonna plead insanity and the 5th amendment, what about you?

I saw some sort of creature coming out of the bushes while we were out for a walk last night. I stopped to see if it were perchance a raccoon, as the only time I have seen a raccoon since I've been here are the ones my boyfriend (much to my horror and disgust) chased up a tree at Christmas when he caught them on the landing outside our door. He still maintains to this day that he did it to save me and they are in fact vicious, vicious creatures that will shred a cat in seconds.

Upon stopping to squint at the creature emerging from the bushes, the aforementioned boyfriend grabbed my arm whilst exclaiming "what are you doing? Don't stop here!!"

So I replied "I want to see what that is coming out of the bushes!!"
"It's a skunk! Now keep moving because it's about to spray you!!"
"How can you tell?" I asked, surprised as I thought his night vision was less than perfect.
"Because of the large white stripe down its back..." He was getting rather exasperated by this point, "..and because it's turning it's back on you!"
The skunk by this time had ambled off back into the bushes and I had been dragged to a safe distance. I decided to cover my mistake by claiming that I had been concerned that it might be a mugger or crazy person coming out of the woods to kill us both.
"Why did you stop then?" He asked, confused.
"Why, to protect you my dear" I told him.
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Message 1026253 - Posted: 18 Aug 2010, 23:22:07 UTC - in response to Message 1026247.  

So camels are really lamas that got lost?

In a nutshell, Yep.
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Message 1026254 - Posted: 18 Aug 2010, 23:25:26 UTC - in response to Message 1026249.  

Angela is gonna thump us for gatecrashing her thread! I'm gonna plead insanity and the 5th amendment, what about you?

I saw some sort of creature coming out of the bushes while we were out for a walk last night. I stopped to see if it were perchance a raccoon, as the only time I have seen a raccoon since I've been here are the ones my boyfriend (much to my horror and disgust) chased up a tree at Christmas when he caught them on the landing outside our door. He still maintains to this day that he did it to save me and they are in fact vicious, vicious creatures that will shred a cat in seconds.

Upon stopping to squint at the creature emerging from the bushes, the aforementioned boyfriend grabbed my arm whilst exclaiming "what are you doing? Don't stop here!!"

So I replied "I want to see what that is coming out of the bushes!!"
"It's a skunk! Now keep moving because it's about to spray you!!"
"How can you tell?" I asked, surprised as I thought his night vision was less than perfect.
"Because of the large white stripe down its back..." He was getting rather exasperated by this point, "..and because it's turning it's back on you!"
The skunk by this time had ambled off back into the bushes and I had been dragged to a safe distance. I decided to cover my mistake by claiming that I had been concerned that it might be a mugger or crazy person coming out of the woods to kill us both.
"Why did you stop then?" He asked, confused.
"Why, to protect you my dear" I told him.

You're a genius Es. :)
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Message 1026264 - Posted: 18 Aug 2010, 23:53:10 UTC - in response to Message 1026238.  

Do giraffes spit when annoyed?


Don't think so, that would be their distant cousins the camels, accurate to 3 paces.

Camels

Just where did you find such an inaccurate camel?

Actually John they both exist, So their both real, If that's what You meant.

No, I meant one that was ONLY accurate to three paces...


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Message 1026268 - Posted: 19 Aug 2010, 0:29:20 UTC



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Message 1026280 - Posted: 19 Aug 2010, 3:28:15 UTC - in response to Message 1026254.  

Angela is gonna thump us for gatecrashing her thread! I'm gonna plead insanity and the 5th amendment, what about you?

I saw some sort of creature coming out of the bushes while we were out for a walk last night. I stopped to see if it were perchance a raccoon, as the only time I have seen a raccoon since I've been here are the ones my boyfriend (much to my horror and disgust) chased up a tree at Christmas when he caught them on the landing outside our door. He still maintains to this day that he did it to save me and they are in fact vicious, vicious creatures that will shred a cat in seconds.

Upon stopping to squint at the creature emerging from the bushes, the aforementioned boyfriend grabbed my arm whilst exclaiming "what are you doing? Don't stop here!!"

So I replied "I want to see what that is coming out of the bushes!!"
"It's a skunk! Now keep moving because it's about to spray you!!"
"How can you tell?" I asked, surprised as I thought his night vision was less than perfect.
"Because of the large white stripe down its back..." He was getting rather exasperated by this point, "..and because it's turning it's back on you!"
The skunk by this time had ambled off back into the bushes and I had been dragged to a safe distance. I decided to cover my mistake by claiming that I had been concerned that it might be a mugger or crazy person coming out of the woods to kill us both.
"Why did you stop then?" He asked, confused.
"Why, to protect you my dear" I told him.

You're a genius Es. :)

I can't help it if I live a deeply exciting life.
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Message 1026286 - Posted: 19 Aug 2010, 4:02:38 UTC - in response to Message 1026280.  

Angela is gonna thump us for gatecrashing her thread! I'm gonna plead insanity and the 5th amendment, what about you?

I saw some sort of creature coming out of the bushes while we were out for a walk last night. I stopped to see if it were perchance a raccoon, as the only time I have seen a raccoon since I've been here are the ones my boyfriend (much to my horror and disgust) chased up a tree at Christmas when he caught them on the landing outside our door. He still maintains to this day that he did it to save me and they are in fact vicious, vicious creatures that will shred a cat in seconds.

Upon stopping to squint at the creature emerging from the bushes, the aforementioned boyfriend grabbed my arm whilst exclaiming "what are you doing? Don't stop here!!"

So I replied "I want to see what that is coming out of the bushes!!"
"It's a skunk! Now keep moving because it's about to spray you!!"
"How can you tell?" I asked, surprised as I thought his night vision was less than perfect.
"Because of the large white stripe down its back..." He was getting rather exasperated by this point, "..and because it's turning it's back on you!"
The skunk by this time had ambled off back into the bushes and I had been dragged to a safe distance. I decided to cover my mistake by claiming that I had been concerned that it might be a mugger or crazy person coming out of the woods to kill us both.
"Why did you stop then?" He asked, confused.
"Why, to protect you my dear" I told him.

You're a genius Es. :)

I can't help it if I live a deeply exciting life.

Any deeper and You'd have a Catfish as an avatar. :D
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Message 1026292 - Posted: 19 Aug 2010, 4:35:48 UTC

Angela is gonna thump us for gatecrashing her thread! I'm gonna plead insanity and the 5th amendment, what about you?

There is no such thing as "off topic" in the Critter Cafe.








As for skunks, they will do just about anything to avoid spraying you. A skunk will always choose to flee first. If that is not an option it will, in order of threat magnitude:

1. puff its tail
2. keep puffing its tail and turn its little hiney toward you
3. stamp its little feet
4. do a little "angry dance" involving more vigorous stamping and forward jumping
5. make little screaming noises

It is typically the screaming noises that precede a spraying. If a skunk is screaming at you, it is probably too late for you to back off. At that point, clearly you have done something stupid and/or very threatening and you deserve to get sprayed, you stupid house monkey!!! A skunk showing you its posterior is probably not about to spray you. More likely it is just hoping you will take a hint and move along.

I interact with skunks all the time and I have never been sprayed. They are absolutely beautiful animals... a little dumb, but very beautiful and very much maligned. A few nights ago I sat quietly outside while three skunks (Puffy, Spotty and Tiny) were roaming all over my patio. There were no problems. Sometimes I go outside to get a closer look at the skunks and they don't even notice me!!! It is only when one puffs its tail at me that I am sure I have at least been "acknowledged".

Why would a skunk want to spray you??? After the spraying, the skunk is virtually disarmed. Spraying is always a very last resort for a skunk. The only exception to this rule is springtime, when male skunks get a little crazy and territorial with one another... but again they're not spraying people - only other male skunks. When I hear male skunks screaming at each other, I shut all open windows because I know what is coming next!
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Message 1026294 - Posted: 19 Aug 2010, 4:47:42 UTC - in response to Message 1026292.  

Angela is gonna thump us for gatecrashing her thread! I'm gonna plead insanity and the 5th amendment, what about you?

There is no such thing as "off topic" in the Critter Cafe.








As for skunks, they will do just about anything to avoid spraying you. A skunk will always choose to flee first. If that is not an option it will, in order of threat magnitude:

1. puff its tail
2. keep puffing its tail and turn its little hiney toward you
3. stamp its little feet
4. do a little "angry dance" involving more vigorous stamping and forward jumping
5. make little screaming noises

It is typically the screaming noises that precede a spraying. If a skunk is screaming at you, it is probably too late for you to back off. At that point, clearly you have done something stupid and/or very threatening and you deserve to get sprayed, you stupid house monkey!!! A skunk showing you its posterior is probably not about to spray you. More likely it is just hoping you will take a hint and move along.

I interact with skunks all the time and I have never been sprayed. They are absolutely beautiful animals... a little dumb, but very beautiful and very much maligned. A few nights ago I sat quietly outside while three skunks (Puffy, Spotty and Tiny) were roaming all over my patio. There were no problems. Sometimes I go outside to get a closer look at the skunks and they don't even notice me!!! It is only when one puffs its tail at me that I am sure I have at least been "acknowledged".

Why would a skunk want to spray you??? After the spraying, the skunk is virtually disarmed. Spraying is always a very last resort for a skunk. The only exception to this rule is springtime, when male skunks get a little crazy and territorial with one another... but again they're not spraying people - only other male skunks. When I hear male skunks screaming at each other, I shut all open windows because I know what is coming next!

I've smelled the skunks a few times since I've been here, although I haven`t heard the screaming. The only time I`ve seen (or rather smelled) a skunk spray a person was the time one sprayed my former brother in law shortly after he set fire to himself with a firework on the 4th of July.

Best 4th of July ever.
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Message 1026295 - Posted: 19 Aug 2010, 4:51:56 UTC

Skunks hit by cars end up releasing their spray. If you live in a high traffic area that is also home to skunks, you may experience that "special smell" frequently. Sadly, skunks do not look both ways before crossing the street...
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Message 1026296 - Posted: 19 Aug 2010, 4:54:01 UTC - in response to Message 1026292.  

Angela is gonna thump us for gatecrashing her thread! I'm gonna plead insanity and the 5th amendment, what about you?

There is no such thing as "off topic" in the Critter Cafe.








As for skunks, they will do just about anything to avoid spraying you. A skunk will always choose to flee first. If that is not an option it will, in order of threat magnitude:

1. puff its tail
2. keep puffing its tail and turn its little hiney toward you
3. stamp its little feet
4. do a little "angry dance" involving more vigorous stamping and forward jumping
5. make little screaming noises

It is typically the screaming noises that precede a spraying. If a skunk is screaming at you, it is probably too late for you to back off. At that point, clearly you have done something stupid and/or very threatening and you deserve to get sprayed, you stupid house monkey!!! A skunk showing you its posterior is probably not about to spray you. More likely it is just hoping you will take a hint and move along.

I interact with skunks all the time and I have never been sprayed. They are absolutely beautiful animals... a little dumb, but very beautiful and very much maligned. A few nights ago I sat quietly outside while three skunks (Puffy, Spotty and Tiny) were roaming all over my patio. There were no problems. Sometimes I go outside to get a closer look at the skunks and they don't even notice me!!! It is only when one puffs its tail at me that I am sure I have at least been "acknowledged".

Why would a skunk want to spray you??? After the spraying, the skunk is virtually disarmed. Spraying is always a very last resort for a skunk. The only exception to this rule is springtime, when male skunks get a little crazy and territorial with one another... but again they're not spraying people - only other male skunks. When I hear male skunks screaming at each other, I shut all open windows because I know what is coming next!

Oh yeah, You know It CRL. I've smelled ode da skunk before and It ain't nice, But then I was inside and I wasn't expecting that smell, Plus It came from some other street and property nearby.
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Message 1026308 - Posted: 19 Aug 2010, 6:38:04 UTC

I had one of those move in underneath my bedroom. Well... it started as one. When it had babies.. OMG..... my eyes were watering..

*shudder*

The semi-funny part about them, is cats will play with them and get along just great. they are closely related. yes they will share kitty bowls and kitty doors and everything.
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Message 1026341 - Posted: 19 Aug 2010, 11:55:05 UTC

Having been blessed/cursed with two dogs that want to play with anything alive, including skunks, I have learned to keep a few bottles of hydrogen peroxide and a box of baking soda by the big sink in our basement. This really works, unlike the fancy stuff the pet supply store will sell you. It has to be mixed fresh, otherwise it doesn't do a thing (learned that the hard way).

Mix about 3/4 of a big bottle of hydrogen peroxide with about 3-6 tablespoons of baking soda in enough water to wash your whole dog. This is for a small dog (like a cocker spaniel). For a medium sized dog, use twice as much, and 3 times as much for a big dog. Add a squirt of liquid soap, to help this stuff penetrate a thick coat. Lather, rinse, repeat. Don't leave it on your dog too long, it will bleach their coat, and make it brittle and prone to falling out.

It works on people too (learned that the hard way too).

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Not exactly a wildlife fan this BF is he?

My son's gf told him when he wanted to go backpacking for 5 or 6 days that snakes lie in wait on trails for their victims to come along.

Pretty sinister little buggers don't you think?
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Message 1026399 - Posted: 19 Aug 2010, 15:14:44 UTC - in response to Message 1026355.  

I can't help it if I live a deeply exciting life.


Not exactly a wildlife fan this BF is he?

I'm starting to get that impression.
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Message 1026400 - Posted: 19 Aug 2010, 15:28:36 UTC - in response to Message 1026371.  

Not exactly a wildlife fan this BF is he?

My son's gf told him when he wanted to go backpacking for 5 or 6 days that snakes lie in wait on trails for their victims to come along.

Pretty sinister little buggers don't you think?


That would be an enticement for me! I even made a snake habitat in my back yard to attract more snakes. If someone tells me there is an area with a lot of snakes, then I grab my hook and pillow case and head right out!

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