[xJones]

Aussie, I don't think you have skunks in Australia. They are native only to the North American continent. A feces and urine smell would be fragrant compared to skunk stink. Those little darlings have nature's equivalent of the neutron bomb. It's terrible to be sprayed by one, and all too often innocent dogs are their victims. The most common remedy - if you REALLY love your dog - is to give it a bath in gallons of tomato juice. That sort of cuts the odor enough so that the dog stops crying, but then you both now have some degree of the 'distinctive' skunk odor left.

If unfortunately you run over a skunk in your car while driving in the country, your car will retain the most awful smell for days, no matter how many times you wash it and you'll smell it inside the car. BTW, I'm not kidding....

Of course, if the Israeli gas is anything close to real skunk smell, it's physically harmless but the nastiest thing you'll ever smell on earth and it takes a while to get rid of.

[Aussie Dasher]

That sounds pretty bad. Don’t want ‘em down here either!

[piasa]

and all too often innocent dogs are their victims.

How does a skunk tell an innocent dog from a guilty one?

[piasa]

Skunk is the second nastiest thing- stinkpot turtle musk is by far the worst, IMHO.