Sentences with phrase «of skunk»

We truly love this room and thanks to a stinky skunk we got to flex our creative muscles after ridding the house and Poppy of the skunk smell!

A well - defined fault runs in an east - west direction from north of Skunk Point to just south of Sandy Point.

Expansion of skunk foraging to sea caves is likely a result of their substantial population increase following decline of foxes.

«We were told that the other skunk odor removers on the market weren't working, so we reworked some of our base formulas and created Skunk Odor Eliminator with a highly concentrated formula, skunk - specific packaging and the proper instructions for treating skunk odors so customers can feel relief in those terrifying moments when their pet comes in smelling of skunk knowing that there is a solution that works,» she says.

The anal glands are related to the scent glands of the skunk, and they apply small amounts of scent to dogs» stools as a kind of signature.

Acquiring a skunk if they are illegal in your area can lead to serious consequences (such as confiscation and possibly euthanasia of your skunk).

2016 Rabies Webinar presented by Bernadette Albanese, MD, MPH, Medical Epidemiologist Epidemiology of skunk rabies in Colorado and new recommendations from the NASPHV 2016 Compendium of Rabies Prevention and Control.

The purpose of the anal sacs is much like that of a skunk.

They are similar to the scent glands of a skunk; however, they're smaller and don't serve much purpose anymore — except to gross out cat owners.

Fenced - in yards don't guarantee that pet and skunk encounters won't take place because dogs will bark at the striped critters they observe through fence openings and then receive a reply in the form of an oily spray of the skunk's signature scent!

Possible effects of skunk oil include corneal ulceration, conjunctivitis, or uveitis; all painful eye conditions that require topical and medical treatment from your veterinarian.

With continued irritation, your dog may be suffering from the potentially caustic effects of skunk oil.

Anal glands are not a necessary part of the modern dog's anatomy, but they do act as scent glands, similar to that of a skunk.

Their scent glands similar to that of a skunk, and they will release (not spray) the contents if threatened.

Your dog will receive a soak in our homemade shampoo to remove any trace of skunk.

An all - natural neutralizing spray contains essential oils and organic compounds that chemically alter the molecular structure of the odor - causing components of skunk spray.

A Whiff of Pine, a Hint of Skunk: A Forest of Poems.

Eisenberg plays Mike, a long - haired nerd who works at a convenience store, smokes a lot of skunk weed and suffers from crippling panic attacks.

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.

Monsanto is also the financial backer of a 15 - person company called Preceres, a kind of skunk works it established just off the campus of MIT, where robotic mixers are busy stirring RNA together with coatings of specialized nanoparticles.

It's a concentration of skunk, offal and hair that trappers use to attract fur - bearing animals.

Clegg said he believed there was a link to the use of skunk, a particularly toxic form of cannabis, but he argued that it was flooding the market precisely because of prohibition.

Ministers appeared sympathetic to evidence that cannabis was getting stronger, due to the greater availability of skunk, and the reported links between cannabis use and mental illness.

What would you do in a TV debate with leaders of other parties?I'd spike their water with a potent cocktail of skunk and ecstasy and enjoy watching their over-earnest, knee - jerk policy - making dissolve into a heady, Dionysian love fest.

By Jillian Lauren I'm sitting at the very far corner of the coffee shop this morning, because I still smell vaguely of the skunk that sprayed our dog for the fourth time in a month.

It's uniquely bad, its legacy the nostril - burning aura of a skunk's spray that refuses to wear off.

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.

Underneath his tent platform lived a family of skunks.

Agents posed as customers in hardware and farm supply stores, asking how to get rid of skunks or raccoons.

There are 11 species of skunks, which are divided into four genera: Mephitis (hooded and striped skunks, two species), Spilogale (spotted skunks, two species), Mydaus (stink badgers, two species), and Conepatus (hog - nosed skunks, five species).

The best - known, most distinctive, and often most notorious feature of the skunks is the great development of their anal scent glands, which they can use as a defensive weapon.

Last month, the Tri-County Health Department sent out information calling for the awareness of skunks that may be infected with rabies along the Front Range.

We have had a lot of skunks here in our area this summer.

L — Leptospirosis: A bacteria that is spread in the urine of skunks and raccoons in particular.

Although the lens didn't catch mountain lions or bobcats, it did film the antics of skunks, foxes, possums, deer, raccoons and house cats.

We once had a coyote in our yard as well and we have a family of skunks and possums living under our house!

However, hundreds of skunks are euthanized in Sandy each year using the gas chamber.

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.

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

Seasonally available fruits and berries are also part of the skunks diet, including grapes, summer holly, stems, and cactus fruits.

The genetic variation between mainland skunks and those on the islands are enough to cause researchers to propose that the taxonomic classification of the skunks as S. g. amphiala, should be reconsidered and that each island population be considered a separate subspecies or even a new species separate from the mainland one.

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.

Native Americans have been implicated in the transport of mammals to or among the Channel Islands (Ashley and Wills 1987; Collins and George 1990; Gilbert et al. 1990; Rick et al. 2009), but transport of skunks seems unlikely because of their chemical defense (Van Gelder 1965).

Not exact matches

And somehow those meetings lead to partnering with a 25 - year veteran of the CIA's Director of Operations, a Lockheed Martin Program Director for Advanced Systems at Skunk Works, and a former Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Intelligence to start a company to explore «exotic science and technologies» and turn innovative ideas into world - changing products and services.

Decades before we were able to articulate the value of «getting out of the building» and the Lean Startup, the value in having skunk works controlling their own distribution was starkly evident.

By the middle of the 21st century the only companies with skunk works will be the ones that have failed to master continuous innovation.

With the vantage point of the 21st century, we can now see that a successful skunk works — separated from its corporate parent, with its own culture, in control of its own R&D and distribution channel — looked much like a startup.

Skunk works will be the signposts of companies that will be left behind.

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

Skunk were advanced / disruptive product groups organizational isolated from the rest of their company