I can imagine, as I know how I felt when I realized I was being
matched in movement before I determined it was just a skunk. And my
experience was in a context where nothing was about to take me on and win.
Rich
--- In Wild Sanctuary <> wrote:
>
> 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
>
> >--- In Wild Sanctuary <chirp@> wrote:
> >>
> >
> >....
> >
> > 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.
> >>
> >> Bernie
> >
> >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.
> >
> >Rich
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >"Microphones are not ears,
> >Loudspeakers are not birds,
> >A listening room is not nature."
> >Klas Strandberg
> >Yahoo! Groups Links
> >
> >
> >
> >
>
>
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> P. O. Box 536
> Glen Ellen, CA 95442
> t. 707-996-6677
> f. 707-996-0280
> http://www.wildsanctuary.com
>
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