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Jul 13, 2026 10:04 PM
WildlifeNomads
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DildoMussolini
This infographic is full of bullshit
tsooji
They missed the part about how adorable they are!
MoonAmericanFloydHeywoodR
I knew a man who was a lawyer and political organizer – very well educated and articulate - who said he once interviewed for a job as a teacher, and was asked by the superintendent if he could work at night at school events. He was trying to decide whether to come back with “I don’t have a problem with that” or “ I have no problem with that,” and of course in his nervousness, it came out “I don’t have no problem with that.”
doomedtogrow
Skunks is a bit like badgers and they don’t care none about nothin. Unfortunately, that makes them bow up against cars, which don’t often work out so well for them.
dripstone
the only other natural predator that I know of for skunks has 5 wheels...
NoneOfYoBiseniss
LIE! Tomato juice neutralizes and does remove it! I know because I did it on my corframs.
Evergrey
They also eat rats!
RedSkizzers
"They ALWAYS warn before spraying"
Kablooeeey
They also have the cutest little babies and walk single file with momma in front and the babies following behind her with the cutest little baby waddle walks ever.
TakuanSoho
Lil RC cars ^^ <3
tsmckay
Beg to differ on the "accuracy" thing - the skunk my dog barked in the face of (he thought he'd made a new friend!) sprayed in completely the wrong direction. Don't worry though, once the dog noticed the WONDERFUL NEW SMELL, the idiot ROLLED IN IT. Skunk ran away, apparently it couldn't handle that level of dumb.
BklynPunisher
🤣😂
TKpotato
Tbf if I was a small creature and a dog barked in my face I too would shit myself in whatever direction lol
AllTheGoodOnesWereGone
Skunks are generally pretty chill because they know they're armed with potentially lethal force (supposedly a predator sprayed in the face can actually starve to death because they rely on their sense of smell to identify food). Skunks aren't afraid of anything.
cosinewave
It takes about 15 days for a skunk to regenerate its spray so they use it sparingly
YpsilantiRomani
They are also cute especially when trying to run
joe6paques
Only five shots? I have an idea for a “Dirty Harry” reboot.
NoneOfYoBiseniss
I caught one and relocated it and it never sprayed me and was very calm, they are mild mannered.
aoshistark
Fart Kitty
BodgeandScarper
Having twice, entirely by accident, caught a skunk by surprise (mutual, I can assure you), I for one am *very* grateful that skunks give ample warning before they spray.
Burke616
Skunk: *hissing, stamping*
Me: "Oh, yeah, sorry man, I'm going."
SOLARvsFACISM
Lots of skunks in my neighborhood and when I walk at night I frequently have to stomp at them to get them to notice me. They're nearsighted, unafraid and very interested in digging grubs out of the lawns next to the sidewalk.
Aranon1183
Skunks also make pretty descent pets.
DireWolf505
They also make very attractive anthromorphs.
TyrannusEquus
Can confirm, people want me to draw them all the time.
Resistance1000
beelzebob23
"They don't have no sense of smell."
SlyMrFox
StrandedonEarth
"We don't need no educashun"
DonkeyGoat
We don't need no thoughts control
landofbob
I do stupid shit like this constantly. Partway through a sentence like this I'll switch from "They don't have a sense of smell" to "They have no sense of smell". My brain is all "That sounds so much smarter" without realizing I just combined both sentences instead of writing one correct sentence. Stupid brain.
notblubber
Skunk spray is 3-methyl-1-butanethiol, (E)-2-butene-1-thiol, and various thioacetates. Nobody farts that.
DorkJedi
and oxygen deactivates it. hydrogen peroxide mixed with soap to dissolve the oils gets rid of the smell.
shivacat
You’ve never eaten at Taco Bell.
ardtay
You need to drink a bunch of Coronas first to get that skunky fart. jk/ In Gulp by Mary Roach she says the smell comes from about 8 sulfur chemicals, including hydrogen sulfide. Also, farts are mostly hydrogen and only about 1/3 of people have the right bacteria to make methane, which is odorless.
thotterpop
Only 1/3 of people? I'm not sure I'm one of those, unless it makes people fart more, then yes, cuz i be fartin'!
Currahee63
Well, not with that attitude.
Evenmoreuselessname
Look at the "owls don't have no sense of smell" thing. Slop slop sloppy slop .
weidermeijer
Depends if I had thioacetates for lunch.
CallMeCourierSix
Hence the "almost" in that sentence.
CptRobotNinja
You underestimate my power
softsuit
I was on a bus trip.... All they had was boiled eggs and horse wurst. Friggin Dutch.
Keairan
I wonder how close those molecules are to the shape of coffee esters. Reason I say that is I smell coffee, especially fresh coffee, and I smell skunk. And I knew a girl in high school who would smell skunk and smell coffee.
Marsupialmessiah
I also smell fresh roasted coffee when smelling skunk! Btw, sulfur compounds get deodorized through oxidation, like bleach (please dont use bleack on yourself) or hydrogen peroxide
sabrinadiesatdawn
It isn't the esters that give that smell to coffee, it's the mercaptans. They share the sulfur-hydrogen group, which is responsible for the smell. The shape of coffee and skunk mercaptans are quite different, although I suppose it is notable and relevant that they are fairly small organic compounds (only 5 carbons).
Marsupialmessiah
Eggsactly.
jimicus
Most skunks can't read above a third grade level.
They could grow to eight feet long if they wanted to.
Ragebrew
Don't forget that their family includes otters, badgers, weasels, stoats, ferrets and wolverines!
speedonthis
Yay for Mustelids!
CaldariBob
Ha-ha! Skunks were moved into their own family back in the '90s! They're Mephitidae now! Ha-ha!
FiftyShadesOfMascarpone
*Their superfamily. They're not mustelids (members of the weasel family) but musteloids (members of the superfamily that includes the mustelid, raccoon, and skunk / stink badger families. Also the red panda family Ailuridae that is missing from this diagram)
an0therthr0waway
how long has 'superfamily' been a thing? I'm genX and didn't learn that one in high school Biology. King Phillip Came Over For Good Soup... or, Kinky People Come Over For Good Sex.
FiftyShadesOfMascarpone
There are several prefixes that allow taxonomists to squeeze taxa in between that hierarchy. Super-, sub-, infra-, and parv-. Everyone knows that humans belong to the primate order, but in between that and the class Mammalia is an infraclass (Placentalia), a subclass (Eutheria), and a superorder (Euarchontoglires). And in between our order and our family (Hominidae) there's a suborder (Haplorhini), an infraorder (Simiiformes), and a superfamily (HominOidae). Not always listed in its entirety tho
FiftyShadesOfMascarpone
PS: There is a taxon above kingdom now btw, which is the domain (Eukaryota versus Prokaryota). So the Kinky Phillip mnemonic doesn't work anymore
an0therthr0waway
bruh.
theInfinitelyProlonged
"...as they don't have no sense of smell."
ChewyTheWookie
TIL owls don't have no sense of smell
Leucienweaver
It reads like somethin' Bobby Bouchet's momma would say
SodomySnake
AllTheGoodOnesWereGone
Don’t fuck with the Jesus man.
LespritDeLescalier22
FeloniousMonk13
Always something new with those motherfuckers
ChewyTheWookie
(^OvO^)
justheretocommentonce
(^UwU^)
Fanner50
*no sense ‘ve smell
shivacat
Nope. They don’t have no sense of smell.
MoonAmericanFloydHeywoodR
That should be, “They aint got no sense of smell.”
dpat13
I hate double negatives
cansado
Skunk spray isn’t just a bad smell, it’s a legit chemical irritant; so even though owls can’t smell it they’re still greatly irritated, and the great horned owl will only go after a skunk if absolutely necessary
pullingsixty
Chewy was commenting on the double negative, "... don't have no sense of smell".
Evenmoreuselessname
It also says fart smell (hydrogen sulfide... H2S) is "almost identical" to butyl mercaptan (C4H10S). Lol. Slop slop sloppy.
InitHello
Lt. Dan, you ain't got no sense of smell.
Feralkyn
Most birds don't really have a sense of smell, with the exception of New World vultures, which can use it to find carrion.
It's part of the reason the "mom will reject her nestling if you touch it b/c it smells like humans" is a total myth. Just put that little fucker back in the nest.
Feralkyn
(This is just a fact as an interesting aside, despite the weird probably-AI phrasing)
SlavaUkrainisaysSteveBuscemi
That one double negative had me doubting all the factoids. just....c'mon.
MoonAmericanFloydHeywoodR
I don’t have no doubts about them.
kinarism
Almost stopped reading...
5v4297j9fj1
Same here, thats a no-no for me
locksmith9
I see what you did there.
weidermeijer
Who?
ProperWeirdo
https://media4.giphy.com/media/v1.Y2lkPWE1NzM3M2U1Yzcyd3B4OG90NzE5dmlodGI2cWkyMGhqdGdrMnVpdTVleXB0ankxYiZlcD12MV9naWZzX3NlYXJjaCZjdD1n/1hWHUCgi3wKT6/200w.webp
ChewyTheWookie
(^OvO^)
fateeverywhere
the term of art for skunk spray is 'broth', which means that we can get a skunk, get a hyena for their butter, and create The Final Soup.
SOLARvsFACISM
I'm choosing not to google where Hyena Butter comes from.
TKpotato
I did it for you. Anal gland secretions 🤢
fateeverywhere
That's probably for the best. Want some soup?
TyrannusEquus
90% of the time whatever the secretion is, it's from the ass.
barbarian818
Experience is saying "I know X". Wisdom is saying "I do not know X" TRUE wisdom is being able to say "I know that I don't *want* to know X"
januarylover
If you're going to skunk a bunch of enemies, remember to reload your skunk. They only carry 5 rounds.
hiyo365
Ch-stink! I'm ready boys.
januarylover
We both fire our skunks five times. Then I reach for a baby-stinker out of my ankle holster. The music changes.
I'm sprayed in the face, it's a kill-shot... you had one up your sleeve, it pops out on an accordion-lever. Zoom in to my body on the floor. End scene.
hiyo365
I. Am. In.
It's like I can smell the scene in front of my eyes.
januarylover
& that's just the end of the pilot episode!
hiyo365
Whoo boy, when are we getting together to figure out the plot of the season? I've got ideas.
DireWolf505
Or, carry a brace of skunks, pirate-style.
januarylover
I'm imagining ammo belts full of skunklets