--- In SkunkworksAMA_at_yahoogroups.com, "longtom2222"
<bigverybadtom_at_...> wrote:
> From what I've read, adult skunks can spray at will, but baby skunks
> are unable to control their spraying, much the way baby humans
aren't
> potty trained until they are old enough, so they do so randomly.
Well, yeah, if we're talking about four-legged skunks (I'd still
avoid them like the plague, though!)
> Real adult skunks are unlikely to spray unless they feel the need,
> simply because they know their supply of "ammunition" is limited and
> they take time to recharge. So I assume an intelligent anthro skunk
> could spray at will, though it would be unlikely to.
True. But the sentient species on the Trio's little corner of the
universe aren't necessarily direct evolutions of the four-legged
versions on our world. Case in point: there's speculation that
prinitive skunks and primitive felines may have cross-bred ages ago.
This, of course, never happened on our world, but it certainly did on
theirs (at least with the sentient versions).
--JMH
Received on Sun Feb 10 2008 - 15:28:51 CST