tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5700728271731802119.post8706351993218954431..comments2024-03-16T13:29:45.711-07:00Comments on Dipper Ranch: A New Tail at The Coyote Brush HighwayCindyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13378411362651806039noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5700728271731802119.post-58199691173521604632012-05-26T21:37:08.260-07:002012-05-26T21:37:08.260-07:00Ah, yes, Pepe Le Pew, the cartoon skunk who wander...Ah, yes, Pepe Le Pew, the cartoon skunk who wanders Paris with a crush on a cat and a bad accent. I read up on skunks this morning while writing the Tail, and was surprised to find that there are 13 species of skunks all of which occur ony in the Americas except for the Asian stink badger. That Pepe was a fraud. Odd how we serve up such ridiculous interpretations of nature to kids. I kept smelling skunk while I was mowing this afternoon. Weird, I thought, but just in case there was a skunk hiding in the thistle patch, I moved my mowing to another location. Then I noticed 6 vultures perched on the ground in a lower pasture, so I decided this evening's release of last week's rattlesnake would occur there so I could check out the black dot the vultures were pecking at. Turns out it was a striped skunk. Maybe that coyote ambushed that skunk after all. Doesn't look like the coyote or whatever was the original predator did much feeding on the skunk though. I imagine from here on out, I will be calling that the Dead Skunk Meadow. Or maybe Pepe Meadow.Cindyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13378411362651806039noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5700728271731802119.post-9912646954160702042012-05-26T13:10:35.130-07:002012-05-26T13:10:35.130-07:00The Highway that just keeps on giving!
It's n...The Highway that just keeps on giving!<br /><br />It's not every day that you can solve a four year old mystery :o)<br /><br />Sadly, I'm of an age where I take it for granted that all skunks have a French accent. Damn that cartoon!Imperfect and Tensehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07348507012722069785noreply@blogger.com