Sentences with phrase «skunks on»

To test whether spotted skunks on islands had significantly reduced genetic diversity relative to those on the mainland we used the permutation test in FSTAT (15,000 permutations), which compares the islands as a group to the mainland localities as a group.

Despite their isolation, spotted skunks on the Channel Islands have maintained considerable genetic diversity at microsatellite loci.

Skunks on Santa Cruz Island may be nearing or even exceeding carrying capacity, and the future of the population and its effects on the endangered island fox remain unclear.

Feeding Spotted skunks on the Channel Islands have similar diets as those reported on the mainland.

On Santa Rosa Island, skunks are marked and counted during annual population monitoring for island foxes, and as of 2011 there were approximately 3,000 skunks on Santa Rosa Island.

Morphologically skunks on both islands do not seem to vary whatsoever, with the exception of the skunks on Santa Rosa Island being slightly longer than those on Santa Cruz Island.

Habitat Spotted skunks on the Channel Islands show habitat preferences similar to those reportedfor the mainland subspecies.

Reproduction The breeding season for spotted skunks on the islands is probably similar to spotted skunks on the mainland.

However, there have been no records of skunks on San Miguel since then.

As of 2011, there were reportedly 3,000 Island Spotted Skunks on Santa Rosa island alone.

The status of skunks on Santa Cruz Island was reevaluated in 1998, six years after previous research done in 1992, which helped to determine the Island Skunks as rare or of special concern.

Skunks on Santa Rosa mainly being found in rocky canyon slopes, cactus patches, chaparral, coastal sage scrub, open woodland areas, and riparian habitats along streams.

Island spotted skunks on the two islands differ only slightly, with those on Santa Rosa spotted skunk being slightly longer than those on Santa Cruz.

He boasted that he had never been skunked on any charter fishing trip, and that he had a policy that if he ever was skunked (if nobody on his boat caught a fish), he would refund all their money.

Not exact matches

Skunk works were emblematic of corporate structures that focused on execution and devalued innovation.

as he follows the tracks of the skunk in the January snow; wondering where the skunk is beading and why; speculating on the different meanings of a winter thaw for the mouse whose snow burrow has collapsed and the owl who has just made dinner on the mouse; trying to understand the honking of the geese as they circle the pond; and wondering what the world must look like to a muskrat eye - deep in the swamp.

To give up on this distinction is to court the horticultural disaster that resulted when the hundred flowers of that New Age optimist Chairman Mao produced nothing but skunk cabbages and stinkweeds.

And among the 800 at Grinnell, on that placid campus in the hollow between the Skunk and Iowa rivers, was Howard Grimes, a linebacker then, an insurance man now.

But suddenly, Alan Leavitt — a 42 - year - old loner who detests taking a middle - of - the - road position on anything because «all you find there are dead opossums, dead skunks and a yellow line» — has swung out of the traffic and is up there among the movers and shakers in harness racing.

All three have good chances for medals, particularly Marbley, who has a record of 189 and 5, a tattoo on his left forearm depicting a skunk sniffing a flower («That's me,» he says, «the little stinker») and owns 24 medallions, 40 pairs of gaudy slacks and 12 pairs of shoes.

I don't know about this season but I know for a fact he drew a skunk before the 8:2 United game, a headless chicken before Monaco home loss, but on a plus side he drew an opossum before the City away win two seasons ago.

As I sit here annoyed by the guy on his cell phone next to me and vaguely nauseated by the residual skunk smell, I can remember drinking an iced coffee in the dappled light beneath the Sycamore tree that shaded the town square of Karyes.

Using a patented formula, Clean + Green encapsulates and eliminates stain and odor on contact — even skunk odor!

-LSB-...] I started running into toxic stink (only on his overnight cloth diapers), I did some crazy stuff to kill it before finally getting to the point where his inserts didn't smell like a skunk -LSB-...]

The less - good news: on Sunday, the site received its 300,000 th spam comment, which was about as welcome as a skunk at a picnic.

«Nick Clegg demonstrates complete ignorance of the facts on drugs like cannabis and skunk.

Since he is double dipping and taking both his salary and his pension he should be able to afford something besides that dead skunk he sticks on his skull!

The skunk was euthanized on Oct. 13 after it got into a fight with a dog and was removed by professionals after entering the pet owner's home.

«So they plan on giving us what they call «skunk time», which is essentially 10 % to 15 % of our time to spend on independent research that interests us but still delivers something to the company.»

Wallach and colleagues gathered research on the life cycles of more than a hundred species of mammalian carnivores — from polar bears and panthers to skunks and stoats — and documented examples of large predators that apparently regulate their own numbers.

Steve Justice, TTSA's aerospace division director and former Lockheed Martin engineer who worked on advanced top secret aircraft for the latter company's storied «Skunk Works» division, speculates that in both cases such incredible feats of flight could be due to the objects possessing some sort of warp drive.

Hidden away in the secret depths of the Skunk Works, a Lockheed Martin research team has been working quietly on a nuclear energy concept they believe has the potential to meet, if not eventually decrease, the world's insatiable demand for power.

Unusual furs — skunk, dyed, shorn, chinchilla — varies based on fur type and quality.

And on a day like this, it doesn't matter if we get skunked.

153 Hand Video Poker (Skunk Software, $ 0.99)-- A spin on video poker, this title fills your screen with 153 individual poker hands and then plays a corresponding piano chord based on the rank of each hand.

Max Landis told audiences at the Dirk Gently Comic - Con panel that he is writing a movie based on the amorous cartoon skunk.

So despite his uneasy feeling, Verne joins two porcupine parents (Catherine O'Hara and Eugene Levy), a feisty skunk (Wanda Sykes), a hyperactive squirrel (Steve Carell), and a pair of possums (William Shatner and Avril Lavigne) on their stealthy raids for winter supplies.

Mild sexual innuendo is implied when animals comment on nuts, a vibrating butt and a skunk plays up her feminine wiles.

It stays with you like stink on a skunk.

Sharing a common love for Alfa Romeo and its unique concept of cars as «mechanical creations» which transcend the realm of necessity to verge on that of the most authentic emotions and not just «useful means of transport», the «Skunks» have one goal: to create the Alfa Romeo of the future respecting the heritage resulting from the work and pride of thousands of people - engineers, factory workers and managers - who have taken turns in the factories, offices and on the race tracks.

I can't escape the «scents» of the road, be it a flat skunk, trailer of pigs, or someone cooking on a grill.

Whether you live in the country or in the suburbs, the chances are good that at some point on one of your daily walks, your dog is going to get «skunked.»

All - natural products out on the market that have proven to counteract skunk spray better than most home remedies without all the hassle of having to measure and formulate the solutions yourself.

Nature's Miracle, the people who make the best - known enzymatic stain and odor remover on the market, now make Skunk Odor Remover.

The virus is generally carried by groups of wild animals that vary based on the geographic region and can include skunks, bats, raccoons, foxes, along with feral cats and dogs.

For more information and a veterinary - approved home remedy that may help you in a pinch, see the article «Skunk Spray and Your Dog», found in the Pet Health Article section here on your veterinarian's website.

The Tru Catch Traps Model 30LTD works on cats, skunks, rabbits, and other small animals.

She was selected as a case report finalist with NAVTA in 2015 and presented on pancreatic disease in a pet skunk at an international veterinary conference (the NAVC).

On national monitoring surveys of rabies, wildlife that commonly harbor the virus include bats, raccoons, foxes, and skunks.

As soon as you realize your dog has been sprayed by a skunk, put on some rubber or latex gloves and old clothes and look her over for bites or scratches.