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We had a little altercation that left the porch (and half of the house) smelling a bit fragrant last night…
Young opossum tried to barge in on a young skunk – unlike the neighborhood cats, the skunk did not yield. They had a quick little tussle right after this screenshot (nobody seemed harmed).
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Ugh! I hate skunk smells and we get a lot in our neighborhood. I feel very sorry for you. 
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I don’t mind skunk. The wife cannot stand it.
I doused the porch with enzyme stuff this morning – we’ll see if it is a bit more tolerable this evening.
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That is a rare but known mutation. I have it too!
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Perhaps I can box up the family and bring them down to ya?
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Looks almost like a fetus’ foot pushing outward. It’s quite freaky to see IRL (and feel).
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One of my favorite things is that the skunks occasionally hop away like Pepe
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I must have it, too.
I kind of like the smell, but once when I mentioned it to the vet after our cat had an adventure, I realized it was a somewhat controversial opinion.
Now I’m wondering if there’s any correlation with people who taste cilantro as soap (I don’t) or any of those other random mutations.
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My disgust for skunk odor goes back to my Saturday ski trips when I was 15. A bunch of people crammed into a stuffy passenger van. The heat is cranked up and then the smell of skunk. I mentioned in another thread that I don’t get car sick, but those ski trips with the skunk odor. Oooh boy.
(I love the taste and smell of cilantro!)
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No, that seems to be a separate gene from what I’ve read. To make it personal, I like cilantro and don’t think it tastes like soap, but like you and @anon29631895 I find the skunk smell to be somewhat pleasant. Meanwhile, the daughter who is also fine with skunk thinks cilantro tastes like soap. That gene must come from her paternal side!
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We seem to, too, but in our case I’m pretty sure it’s just someone smoking that particular strain of MJ. But it always fools me at first, and every time I think Wow, do we really have that many skunks in our urban neighborhood, and they find reasons to release their special odor so often?!? …Oh!! 
I mean, it’s aptly named…
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