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- bossm4n, on 06/23/2009, -1/+16Thus explains how Owen Wilson got his nose.
- sheagunther42, on 06/23/2009, -0/+10I'd freak the frack out if I ever woke up camping with a snarling, spraying, pissing rabid skunk attached by the jaw to my nose.
- escottberg, on 06/23/2009, -0/+10"I could hear your cartilage tearing in its mouth,"
ow ow ow
reminds me of a time I was camping in my backyard as a kid -- no tent -- and woke up in the middle of the night to a bunch of baby opossums all around me. they might be harmless, but it's enough to scare the crap out of a 6-year-old. - scooterbaga, on 06/23/2009, -0/+10riiight... 'Our' turf.
Also... Starre is a badass. - zomgz, on 06/23/2009, -0/+8rabid skunk attack video: http://www.livevideo.com/video/700915574668478E921 ...
- Bukowsky, on 06/23/2009, -0/+8man, this takes me back to a bad encounter I had with a skunk once.
I was in little league and was trying to unload some equipment out of a shed. Little did I know there was skunk hiding below the pitching machine. Yea, he wasn't a happy camper when I lifted it up. He started making loud, noises and hissing at me. I freaked out and slammed the door shut. Luckily I didn't get sprayed, but the inside of that shed got unloaded on. I never volunteered to get stuff out of that shed ever again. - socialpyramid, on 06/23/2009, -0/+7did you play possum?
- pinkcherry, on 06/23/2009, -0/+6Well that stinks.
- doublefelix, on 06/23/2009, -2/+6Pwnd by a skunk and the dudes out there telling people about it. Popular Mechanics readers no less.
- JCrack34, on 06/23/2009, -1/+5i would too... followed by me snapping its neck
- tgc1, on 06/24/2009, -0/+3They have shots for that now.
- JCrack34, on 06/23/2009, -0/+3um
wiki disagrees with you
"Any warm-blooded animal, including humans, may become infected with the rabies virus and develop symptoms. Indeed the virus has even been adapted to grow in cells of poikilothermic vertebrates[5][6] though natural transmission has only been documented among mammals.[citation needed] Most animals can be infected by the virus and can transmit the disease to humans. Infected bats, monkeys, raccoons, foxes, skunks, cattle, wolves, dogs, mongoose (normally yellow mongoose) or cats provide the greatest risk to humans. Rabies may also spread through exposure to infected domestic farm animals, groundhogs, weasels, bears and other wild carnivores. Rodents (mice, squirrels etc) are seldom infected.[7]" - JCrack34, on 06/24/2009, -0/+3ownd?
"Rabies was undetected in terrestrial wildlife of northern Arizona until 2001, when rabies was diagnosed in 19 rabid skunks in Flagstaff"
-http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/EID/vol12no08/05-1526.ht ... - TrichomeKid, on 06/24/2009, -0/+3I read this story about 10 minutes ago and when I was done, I went outside and wouldn't you know it a momma skunk and her 4 babies were running across my backyard.
- Travelsonic, on 06/24/2009, -0/+3"not a reliable source"
[citation required] - robwhite1979, on 06/24/2009, -0/+2[citation required] = best comment on thread.
- Stiverton, on 06/24/2009, -0/+2Nice kick.
- robwhite1979, on 06/24/2009, -0/+2I once hit a skunk with my car while driving about 90km/h about 10 years ago. The smell was so intense that I had to pull over and run away from my vehicle. I managed to drive the remaining 20 minutes home with my head hanging out the window and my shirt tied around my face. I parked in the driveway and my parents made me move my car BEHIND the garage (at least 100m from the house) because the smell was so bad. It filled the heating system and vents somehow... The next day I managed to get to an automatic car wash and send the car through about 10 times, wasting money and jumping out of the car before each cycle because I couldn't bear to sit in there with the windows shut for even 5 minutes. Even after all the washing the smell was so strong that people wouldn't come near my car for a week and it was months before the smell was totally gone... Most disgusting, I pity these people...
- EndouOuto, on 06/24/2009, -0/+2"It was near the sleeping bags—and nobody wanted to get my insurance card. Heroically, Starre grabbed a flashlight and dashed outside, returning a minute later, my wallet in hand. Then she helped me to the car."
Wow! This guy is a giant pussy. - collution, on 06/24/2009, -0/+1Moral Hazard Unleashed.
- tgc1, on 06/24/2009, -0/+1I agree the kid did what he guess he felt he had to do. But dude had plenty of time to pick up his stupid animal friend and go inside while that skunk ***** off somewhere else. Unless of course he wanted to kill it for positive ID for rabies. I don't know. Whatever. It's not important. He did what he had to do. Poor little *****.
- madeinthecity, on 06/24/2009, -0/+1LMAO that was funny.... especially the picture of the dudes nose...
- OnipSemaj, on 10/20/2009, -0/+1Actually no they don't. If you catch rabies, you can die (it's rare, but it can happen). A real, live doctor and a veterinarian actually told me this.
- whale, on 06/24/2009, -1/+2I don't comment much but this guy is a pussy. I am from Tennessee.
- bincoder, on 06/24/2009, -0/+1Had a next door neighbor once that had a psychotic snarling coon leap from the roof of his car to the back door of the house which was one of those steel 'screen' type security doors that allows ventilation. The crazy thing was trying its best to EAT its way into the house. They banged the door and it ran off, only to return a few seconds later and resume its vicious attack. I think they finally shot it.
That would be too funny to watch, much like teasing a small dog.
Except being bitten could kill you. LOL - robwhite1979, on 06/24/2009, -0/+1So was his girlfriend apparently...
- vision777, on 06/24/2009, -0/+1I hope she didn't marry this guy. Sending her out to get his card just so he doesn't get charged. She had already saved him once and now he sends here back out to face the skunk again.
- inactive, on 06/23/2009, -0/+0"Skunks have relatively small jaws compared to, say, dogs or bears"
No *****... - ToTheBatcave, on 06/24/2009, -0/+0Reminds me of FOX's TV show "Fast Animals Slow Children".
- benroy, on 06/23/2009, -2/+1*Opossum*
media.urbandictionary.com/image/large/opossum-50391.jpg - aoki5, on 06/24/2009, -3/+0not a reliable source
- aoki5, on 06/23/2009, -3/+0skunks cant be rabid animals 101
- OnipSemaj, on 06/23/2009, -7/+2Rule of thumb: don't **** with any type of rabid animal, because they WILL bite you and you WILL die of rabies.
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