. Life-histories of northern animals [microform] : an account of the mammals of Manitoba. Mammals; Mammals; Mammifères; Mammifères. Hudsonian Skunk 977 And woe to the unhappy creature that is made the offen- target of this battery. If it reaches his eyes it may cause ^^ blindness, at least for a time; in his nostrils it acts as a chok- ing irritant. The smell alone is powerful enough to upset most stomachs, and in some cases causes convulsions, fainting, and even death. Certain individuals are much less powerfully affected than others, but, as a rule, men, dogs, and wild creatures with one acc
. Life-histories of northern animals [microform] : an account of the mammals of Manitoba. Mammals; Mammals; Mammifères; Mammifères. Hudsonian Skunk 977 And woe to the unhappy creature that is made the offen- target of this battery. If it reaches his eyes it may cause ^^ blindness, at least for a time; in his nostrils it acts as a chok- ing irritant. The smell alone is powerful enough to upset most stomachs, and in some cases causes convulsions, fainting, and even death. Certain individuals are much less powerfully affected than others, but, as a rule, men, dogs, and wild creatures with one accord prefer to let the Skunk alone. They will endure a terribly hard pinch of hunger before invit- ing a volley from the' Smell- cat's' famous 'breech-load- er,' which, by the way, is also a * repeater,' for it con- tains not one round, as some have supposed, but enough for nearly a dozen discharges, depending somewhat on the size and age of the Skunk, as well as the time that has elapsed since last it was justified in protecting itself. Like the rattlesnake, it usually gives fair notice, and acts HABrrs only on the defensive. Let the Skunk alone and it will let you alone. When approached by an enemy, it usually makes off, ambling deliberately, and evidently unwilling to provoke attack. If the enemy follow and overtake it, as a man may easily do, it turns and faces about, and seems to say, "all right if you will have it, come ; But it still gives you three fair warnings—which is almost scripturally correct; the first by facing aoout and stamping, the second by raising and spreading the'tail, all but the Jp which hangs downward. The third final and dreadful warning is, when the tip rises up and spreads. Fio. 119—Anal torat-fland of U. jmh railed to eipcw the rectum (R). mry nnill nuniile. Cok Cob, Cona., Oct. ta. i^ot. • 9 diiKctcd ind Life liie, but • 1. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhan
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