Beyond the Spray - What Else Smells Like a Skunk?
You understand that immediate, nose-wrinkling reaction you obtain when a skunk sprays nearby, but sometimes you're left wondering what else smells like a skunk whenever there isn't a black-and-white critter in sight. It's a scent that lingers, sticks to the back of your neck, and seems to defy all reasoning by appearing in the middle of a city or even deep in a garden. While the humble skunk is usually the gold standard for this specific brand of stink, character and human engineering have managed in order to replicate that sulfurous punch in certain amazingly common places. ...