Obese Skunk Put on Vegetarian Diet to Battle Bacon Addiction

Mother Nature Network ^ | September 30, 2009 | Stephanie Rogers

[John Will]

Aren’t skunks vegetarians mostly? It’s not like a Dogs and Cats which are basically pure carnivores.

[magslinger]

Peanut butter? I've heard it is effective on mice.

A piece of bacon rind tied to the trigger of the mouse trap with a piece of thread was my dad's remedy for mice in the house. It is very effective. You do not usually need to rebait the trap.

[a fool in paradise]

I’m sorry but I would have no interest in getting near the thing. I ran over a skunk one summer and I had to abandon the truck, later have it towed home, and had to leave it in the back (WAY in the back) yard for a month. Geesh it stunk.

The strong body odor of a valet is left in Jerry's BMW 5 Series. George can't believe it when he spots his ex-girlfriend, Susan, holding hands with another woman in the video store, and he is turned on by her new outlook on life. Elaine loses her current boyfriend Carl because the odor from the car got stuck in her hair, and he couldn't stand to be near her. Jerry immediately blames the restaurant he went to the other night, and although the man initially refuses to pay for car cleaning, he eventually agrees after Jerry had put him inside the car, refusing to let him out unless he pays for the full price.

[magslinger]

No, smoked whitefish. There used to be a commercial fisherman in Michigan’s UP who had an all black skunk that would come right up to him for her share.

[El Sordo]

They’re omnivores and opportunists.

Their role in nature is to wander the world looking for lunch. Insects, vegetables, small rodents, etc.
In nature, they expend a lot of energy looking for food. In a domestic home they don’t have that burden so they’ll fatten up fast without a good diet of non-strachy vegetables and lean protein.

Not unlike me and my desk job.....

If you’ve never seen the series “Life of Mammals”, I highly recommend it. In it there’s a short segment about some skunks who live around bat caves and patrol the caves for bats that have fallen to the floor.

[Diana in Wisconsin]

[LuvFreeRepublic]

Can I “borrow” your Pepe la Pew graphic? It is soooo cute.

[Diana in Wisconsin]

Here you go:

http://artfiles.art.com/images/-/Looney-Tunes-—Pepe-le-Pew-Magnet-C11754812.jpeg

[windcliff]

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[onedoug]

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