Muscles located next to the scent glands allow skunks to spray as far as three meters with a very high degree of accuracy, usually right into the enemy’s face! Skunk spray is composed primarily of three low-molecular-weight thiol compounds that are detectable by a human’s smell at concentrations of a mere ten parts per billion. The pungent spray causes irritation to the skin like pepper spray, even temporary blindness-which may be why skunks often try to target the face (Schuster, 1992, p. Two glands, one on each side of their anus, produce the spray, which is a complex mixture of sulfur-containing chemicals.
The nine identified skunk species are notorious for their scent glands that can accurately shoot noxious oily amber spray as a defensive weapon.
We seldom reflect on how interesting skunks can be.
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