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Index of Subjects --0015175cb70226086504aa43038d Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Hi Fritz, You can have a whole bunch of ours if you want! Richard On Thu, Aug 11, 2011 at 7:18 PM, Fritz McEvoy <fritzmcevoy@hotmail.com>wrote: > Hi All, > My partner told me this afternoon that she saw a dead skunk on her > daily walk. I said there are no skunks in CB but it was certainly worth a > look. Turns out she was right and a small roadkill skunk was on the shoulder > of the road about a mile from our house. > Most of the body was gone and there were lots of carrion beetles and > maggots doing what they do best. The skeleton looked complete (I'm not sure > about the ribs) so I bagged the carcass and some hair. Because the body was > quite small I think it may be a juvenile. There was no obvious cause of > death but finding it on the side of the road seems a good clue. > Both DNR and CBHNP websites say there are no skunks in CB and I can't > remember any other documented observations of CB skunks on naturens or other > N.S. natural history sites so the question is not only when did they get to > CB but how did it get to the northern tip of CB without observation? Perhaps > it hitched a ride in a vehicle or maybe they've been here for awhile and no > one has noticed. > If anyone is interested in having the carcass for study I can arrange > for delivery. All the best. > Fritz McEvoy > Sunrise Valley, CB (near Dingwall) > -- ################# Richard Stern, 317 Middle Dyke Rd. Port Williams, NS, Canada B0P 1T0 sternrichard@gmail.com ################### --0015175cb70226086504aa43038d Content-Type: text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Hi Fritz,<br><br>You can have a whole bunch of ours if you want!<br><br>Ric= hard<br><br><div class=3D"gmail_quote">On Thu, Aug 11, 2011 at 7:18 PM, Fri= tz McEvoy <span dir=3D"ltr"><<a href=3D"mailto:fritzmcevoy@hotmail.com">= fritzmcevoy@hotmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br> <blockquote class=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1p= x #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;"> <div><div dir=3D"ltr"> Hi All,<br> =A0=A0=A0 My partner told me this afternoon that she=A0saw a dead skunk on = her daily walk. I said there are no skunks in CB but it was certainly worth= a look. Turns out she was right and a small roadkill skunk was on the shou= lder of the road about a mile from=A0our house. <br> =A0=A0=A0 Most of the body was gone and there were lots of carrion beetles = and maggots doing what they do best. The skeleton looked complete (I'm = not sure about the ribs) so=A0I=A0bagged the carcass=A0and some hair. Becau= se the=A0body was quite small I think it may be a juvenile. There was no ob= vious cause of death but finding it on the side of the road seems a good cl= ue. =A0<br> =A0=A0=A0 Both DNR and CBHNP websites say there are no skunks in CB and I c= an't remember any other documented observations of CB skunks on naturen= s or other N.S.=A0natural history sites so the question is not only when di= d they get to CB but how did it get to the northern tip of CB without=A0obs= ervation? Perhaps it hitched a ride in a vehicle or maybe they've been = here for awhile and no one has noticed.<br> =A0=A0=A0 If anyone is interested in=A0having the carcass=A0for study I can= =A0arrange for delivery. All the best.<br><font color=3D"#888888"> =A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0 Fritz McEvo= y=A0<br> =A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0 Sunrise = Valley, CB (near Dingwall)<br> </font></div></div> </blockquote></div><br><br clear=3D"all"><br>-- <br>#################<br>Ri= chard Stern, <br>317 Middle Dyke Rd.<br>Port Williams, NS, Canada<br>B0P 1T= 0<br><br><a href=3D"mailto:sternrichard@gmail.com">sternrichard@gmail.com</= a><br> ###################<br> --0015175cb70226086504aa43038d--
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