It's not just Drop Bars

[ColH]

See the link below!

http://www.buzzfeed.com/awesomer/totally-common-occurrences-in-australia

Col

[tel]

Yeah, pretty much all of that around here - on a daily basis.

[ths]

Can't tell you how many helicopters I've been through.

Hugh.

[steamer]

Trust me Col.....Austrailia doesn't have a monopoly on strange and fearsome beasts!

Dave

[ths]

We don't at all, Dave. You guys have got grizzly bears and mountain lions, and, you lucky fellas, skunks!

Hugh.

[steamer]

Eastern Snapping Turtle!.......THAT will put you in the hurt locker.

http://amc-nh.org/resources/guides/reptiles/images/Chelydra%20serpentina_Common%20Snapping%20Turtle_primary_1_Worcester%20Rd.,%20Hollis,%20NH_20090612_Denise%20Hurt_BBA%20Worcester%20Rd%20057.jpg


http://true-wildlife-creatures.blogspot.com/2012/08/snapping-turtle.html


Think of him as up to 40 pounds of really pissed off pruning shears.......and those are the mild mannered ones!....I poked at one when I was a kid with a 1" pine bow....he sheared it off like it was a number 2 pencil!....

His neck is long enough to reach his butt...and they're quick!...so you pick them up by the tail...or not at all.....finding one with your foot while swimming in a local lake can case severe pucker factor!

Dave

[steamer]

And that's not even the humans!

 

[steamer]

Skunks...once you get past the violent vomiting from the stench...are really just a nuisance.

The dogs only mess with them once...if they're smart dogs.


They will only spray ya if your trying to hurt them...if you just stand quiet, and leave the alone...they'll do likewise.

[ths]

Do you really vomit violently from the stench? I can't imagine such a terrible odour!!

[steamer]

Well...seperate your dog from one...on the front porch one summer night...and let me know.

I promise you will be wretching....

Dave

[steamer]

Actually...I'd rather deal with the snapping turtle...

Good thing is Skunks are very timid and not agressive....just as soon leave as squirt.

Dave

[ths]

Difficult here, marsupials just aren't the same league. But should one of our dogs ever tangle with what might be a might be a skunk, I'll send a sample to you for confirmation!

[steamer]

I wish I could describe the smell...but once you smell it...you don't forget it.

Dave

[ths]

It's OK, really. I'm quite pleased that you can't describe the smell!

[mklotz]

The active ingredients include sulphurous mercaptans.  It's not by accident that similar chemicals are used in natural gas to alert you to leaks.  Black bears weighing 300 lbs or so will go out of their way to avoid a 3 lb skunk.

Don't ever hit one with your car.  In fact, don't drive over one that's been hit by someone else's car.  DAMHIKT.

[steamer]

Funny story,

I grew up on the edge of a wildlife preserve of fairly large size.   I "lived" in those woods as a kid.   One day a friend and were walking down the trail when we quite accidently...walked right up on a small skunk.,,,,our eyes met.

I took a step back....the skunk took a step back...then I ran!....then the skunk ran!...... we got some distance...nothing bad happened..

But we were thinking about it!

Dave

[ths]

So, are you trying to tell us that the skunk could smell two unwashed little boys from a few yards?

[steamer]

Don't know....didn't ask.

Dave

[steamer]

A snappa!

<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GO1HD3ebuZs" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GO1HD3ebuZs</a>

<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sc7pB6VvJT8" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sc7pB6VvJT8</a>

And consistent with my comments....here's what happens with a skunk and a dog....you'll see the skunk gave AMPLE warning.

<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2FvGwXQuz4c" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2FvGwXQuz4c</a>

Dave

[ths]

Poor Sizzy, talk about 'out damned spot'! So do skunks only have so much, err, perfume, perhaps enough for a single spray, or can they deliver multiple times in an encounter.

Good vid Dave, lots more out there as well.

[steamer]

Well, my guess is multiples shots...again...never asked!

Dave

[Troutsqueezer]

The active ingredients include sulphurous mercaptans.  It's not by accident that similar chemicals are used in natural gas to alert you to leaks.  Black bears weighing 300 lbs or so will go out of their way to avoid a 3 lb skunk.

Don't ever hit one with your car.  In fact, don't drive over one that's been hit by someone else's car.  DAMHIKT.

And don't ever let them let loose right outside your bedroom window in the Summertime. The close proximity brings the experience down to a whole new level. Around twice a year I go thru this.

[steamer]

The active ingredients include sulphurous mercaptans.  It's not by accident that similar chemicals are used in natural gas to alert you to leaks.  Black bears weighing 300 lbs or so will go out of their way to avoid a 3 lb skunk.

Don't ever hit one with your car.  In fact, don't drive over one that's been hit by someone else's car.  DAMHIKT.

And don't ever let them let loose right outside your bedroom window in the Summertime. The close proximity brings the experience down to a whole new level. Around twice a year I go thru this.

Yup!  ...Been there, done that...got the stinky T shirt!

Dave

[ths]

And to think, I may die wondering...

[Maryak]

Oh, I dunno..........slipped behind tree in my mates paddock one day for a quick pee and did not look down.

My sigh of relief only made a partial escape when it was forcibly removed by my breakfast...........I was peeing on a dead sheep which had been there for some time. That was 1960 and I still have vivid recollections of the pong, the maggots and the remains of sheep and brekky.

Bob

[tel]

  Always suspected you seafaring men had weak stomachs! Worst stench I ever encountered was a very, very dead whale  in one of the tidal creeks up in the Kempsey area - 40+ years later the memory lingers on.

[Maryak]

Tel,

I don't know why but dead fish or ocean going mammals don't seem to bother me but any dead land animal and I'm a goner, takes me half a day to work up the courage and another half to clean a chook. 

Best Regards
Bob

[ths]

Gotta love it! Worst thing you've ever smelled comp.

[Captain Jerry]

Irish Setters are pretty dogs but not known for smarts.  My daughter used to have one that would not leave skunks alone.  We found that tomato juice helped cut the initial odor followed by several soapy scrubs followed by several days of banishment from the house were necessary. 

The same dog also never learned the porcupine lesson either.  Those episodes needed a trip to the vet and sedation to remove the quills from her nose.

Pretty dog but dumb.

Jerry

[steamer]

Tel,

I don't know why but dead fish or ocean going mammals don't seem to bother me but any dead land animal and I'm a goner, takes me half a day to work up the courage and another half to clean a chook. 

Best Regards
Bob

That description is about what we're talking about...with a skunk I mean....same level of nasty!

Dave