The REAL "Skunk" I WAS THERE

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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:

https://sites.google.com/a/humboldt.edu/dr-william-f-wood-humboldt-state-university-department-of-chemistry/scientific-publications-on-skunk-spray

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“The History of Skunk Defensive Secretion Research”
SkunkHistory.pdf (335.0 KB)

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