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To: dayglored
Have you seen the show on Animal Planet with the person featured in the first post? He grabs porcupines and snapping turtles but he detests skunks.
10 posted on 09/11/2012 6:58:58 PM PDT by ConservativeStatement (Obama "acted stupidly.")
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To: ConservativeStatement
> Have you seen the show on Animal Planet with the person featured in the first post? He grabs porcupines and snapping turtles but he detests skunks.

Nope, no TV.

But that's interesting.... I got real good at picking up a skunk so as to not get sprayed. If you can grab 'em by the base of the tail, haul 'em up in the air and drop 'em gently over the other arm held horizontal (they grab it), and tuck the tail under them -- they won't (or can't) spray with their tail tucked under 'em.

The whole maneuver has to take no longer than about a second, or else they figure out what's going on and rebel.

You can carry them that way (over the arm, tucked) pretty easily. And when you ease them back down to the ground, the rule is: "Let go and get away!" because they'll typically run a short distance, then turn, and if you're too close, they'll spray. But mostly they'll just run away.

I wouldn't pick up a porkypine if my life depended on it. A snapper, maybe, if I could get around behind it and grab the shell properly. But I prefer a long-handle spade and lift 'em up.

11 posted on 09/11/2012 7:10:33 PM PDT by dayglored (Listen, strange women lying in ponds distributing swords is no basis for a system of government!)
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