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Keep Your Distance, Please
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Uploaded: 08/02/10 1:06 PM GMT
Keep Your Distance, Please
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While up at Lake Erie yesterday, we were visited by four young skunks. They were running around in the rocks, and coming out to where we were sitting, totally unafraid of the people. They came right up to our feet looking for food. Some of the other people around fed them, and some people took off scared to death. It was fun watching them, the skunks AND the people.
Thanks for the comments, friends.
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And what do you smell like today? Hahaha... At least that little tail is not held up high in the air in the capture! Around here we smell them before we see them. Great shot, and love those little beady black eyes.
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Jimbob - Cute little stinker! Obviously, they have adapted to people and have no fear of them. Thus, the likelihood of getting their odoriferous spray is minimal. I'm not sure that I would run that risk, and would likely have been a source of humor for you as I left the area! Many years ago, while camping, I was walking a trail at night, when, each oblivious to the other, a mother skink and her four babies walked across the path right before me. I stopped, mid stride, and stood still, on one foot, holding the other above them until they passed, when I placed my foot down where they had crossed, continuing on my way. Thad
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If I could tell the story in words, I wouldn't need to lug around a camera. ~Lewis Hine
Good shot Jim. I was once told that the younger skunks did not have the ability to spray just yet. Found that to be false one time when my son and his friend found five young skunks out back of the barn! They could not spray far but they could indeed spray!
Stan
Stan
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- Richard Brinsley Sheridan
Can you send a bottle full pal...I need to buy Wor-Lass some new 'perfume'!....
Not yer normal 'Pussy-Cat' eh!...
Not yer normal 'Pussy-Cat' eh!...
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I would be one of those not staying around to feed these odorous beings. What do they eat - beans? Nah, I will avoid them at nearly any cost.
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The clarity is very good,Jim,the photo of the skunk looks very good,it is very cute.
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You know what happens when the skunk gets scared:) Keep your distance is right. Nice and clear image of the young fellow Jimbob!
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If practice makes perfect and nobody is perfect, then why practice?
Yes Send me some too..I'll spray it in my wallet..R.
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“Life is full of beauty. Notice it. Notice the bumble bee, the small child, and the smiling faces. Smell the rain, and feel the wind. Live your life to the fullest potential, and fight for your dreams.”
Very good capture - I would not be feeding them but I wouldn't have run either.
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"What a desolate place would be a world without a flower!
It would be a face without a smile, a feast without a welcome." A.J. Balfour
Yes I think I would run too!! I don't think I would like a tomato juice bath lol:))
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every day is a gift......that's why it's called the present!!
I've yet to see a skunk in the flesh, although I've often driven through their 'sphere of influence'. Cute little chappy.
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What a cute little guy Jimbob! It does sound like fun to people and skunk watch at the same time. I would have stuck around and enjoyed the show!
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"Eau de skunque"...Pretty effective defense mach they have...Nice capture...
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Don't recall ever seeing one of these on here before...wonder why, lol...good capture...he's kinda' cute.
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Thanks for sharing this one. I usually only see these fellows squashed on the side of the road! Good capture.
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What a cute little one. Not a creature I would want to make mad at me though. A great shot.
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Hi Jim!
Very fluffy animal, even so they can stink a lot... Here in Brazil we have their cousins (lol), the possums, and they are ugly with the naked tail like rats, but this one you brought the photo is so fluffy! It must be really funny to observe the reaction of the people, nice post!
Hi Jim!
Very fluffy animal, even so they can stink a lot... Here in Brazil we have their cousins (lol), the possums, and they are ugly with the naked tail like rats, but this one you brought the photo is so fluffy! It must be really funny to observe the reaction of the people, nice post!
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Susie Sun
He does look pretty young! Looks like you were one of the brave souls who stuck around! Very cute!
~Kim
~Kim
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Life is not about waiting for the storm to pass, it's about learning to dance in the rain
Nice shot Pepe La Pew. I don't think even buzzards bother them. They are quite easy on the eyes but hard on the nose. I try to keep them out of earshot.
Good post.
Good post.
VFS-TicK
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Cameras are like people--sometimes they lose focus.
Excellent shot, and at my computer is just where I'd like to be to be near one!
Winona
Winona
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Marvelous capture, so clear and I like the look you captured. This is something unique to see and I like the story line.
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=^..^=sandi
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Nature in all her glory is my uplift on life and so is my love of photography.
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Yes, I definitely will keep my distance Jimbob. They really are so cute though and your image is top notch my friend
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Cute shot JimboB ..... I wouldn't get any closer though .. I think he saw you ... :)
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Jellybean
Great close up Jimbob, Pepe la Pew looks so cute at a distance.
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The skunks will not interfere if we do not disturb, nice shot jim...
Thanks for your comment on "dancing with wolf#1"
Thanks for your comment on "dancing with wolf#1"
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if you come my heart happy flowery....
Jim
I will!! There is no smell that matches one of these dudes! It takes weeks to get it all off! He looks like he wants to spray you so be careful! Great shot of this stinky guy!
I will!! There is no smell that matches one of these dudes! It takes weeks to get it all off! He looks like he wants to spray you so be careful! Great shot of this stinky guy!
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"Before you criticize someone, you should walk a mile in their shoes. That way when you criticize them, you are a mile away from them and you have their shoes."
How perfect and adorable! I wish I had time to read all the other comments but I don't...lol...Superb shot and love it Jim!
Joanie
Joanie
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Don't worry I will!! LOL. We don't have these guys over here. Lyn.
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A photograph is a memory in the raw. I will always treasure mine.
A right cute little gal, could maybe use some spray for her hair-do, or a little brushing out of the tail. Nicely captured brave sir.
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There are always two people in every photograph: the photographer and the viewer. - Ansel Adams
Lol! Now that is amusing. :)
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Revan Delkaoth
- Romans 8:28 "All things work together for good to them that love God and to them who are the called according to His purpose."
Cute though aint they....
Good shooting Pal.
Mark.