Striped skunks are well known for their ability to defend themselves by discharging a fine mist or stream of droplets of musk (butylmercaptan) which is an extreme eye irritant but causes no permanent ...

A skunk can shoot its foul-smelling spray up to 15 feet. Skunks make their spray in a pair of glands near their anus. Composed of sulfurous chemicals called thiols, skunk spray is an irritant that ...

Skunks are known for their ability to deter even the most determined predator by spraying a foul-smelling liquid from their anal scent glands. How bad is the smell? Truly overwhelming. Six striped ...

Skunks are equipped with two anal scent glands, which produce a highly potent spray containing sulfur-based compounds called thiols. These chemicals create an overwhelming, long-lasting odor that ...

Skunk spray gets its smell from thiol, an oily sulfur compound that skunks produce in their anal glands. Thiol is oil based, which explains why rinsing does little to nothing for getting rid of ...