Loud (road-kill) skunk

[Dirt_Wizard]

@breadwinner that was me:

The REAL "Skunk" I WAS THERE

In this discussion of thiols, it’s worth mentioning that there’s a lot more than one scent in a skunk spray, including different species. Here’s the work of Professor William F. Wood from Humboldt State in Arcata, he’s the scientist who identified those scents: [SS Major] [ss minor] [ss alkaloid] [sp s major] [sp sk minor] [hs major] [hs minor] [Oxidizer] [Screenshot_20230114-091824] “The History of Skunk Defensive Secretion Research” SkunkHistory.pdf (335.0 KB)