I'd rather be sprayed by a skunk than a jaguar, anytime. I still
dream of that cat sound in my earphones first time I heard it and
freezing in my provervial tracks. Reminds me of Leo Tolstoy's last
words: "I don't know what I'm supposed to do!"
BK
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> But it had been following me down the
>> trail as I wandered in the jungle around 1:00 that morning. I know
>> that because I never outpaced the pungent scent of its frequent
>> markings as it moved silently and parallel to my aimless direction -
>> surely not more than a few feet away from me over a period of 15 or
>> 20 minutes. I'm quite sure it was a male because of the power of the
>> scent and being familiar with their stalking habits.
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>> Bernie
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>The only animal that I have had match my movements parallel to me at
>fairly close distance in the night has been a striped skunk and they
>are a friendly critter. I figured that to be an investigative yet
>defensive technique but could see how it could be used as a stalk.
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>Rich
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>"Microphones are not ears,
>Loudspeakers are not birds,
>A listening room is not nature."
>Klas Strandberg
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