{"id":850,"date":"2014-02-05T16:16:28","date_gmt":"2014-02-05T16:16:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogg.mah.se\/studyabroad\/?p=850"},"modified":"2014-02-05T02:04:39","modified_gmt":"2014-02-05T02:04:39","slug":"for-the-love-of-skunks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogg.mah.se\/studyabroad\/2014\/02\/05\/for-the-love-of-skunks\/","title":{"rendered":"For the love of.. skunks!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blogg.mah.se\/studyabroad\/files\/2014\/02\/skunk.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-851\" alt=\"skunk\" src=\"https:\/\/blogg.mah.se\/studyabroad\/files\/2014\/02\/skunk.jpg\" width=\"215\" height=\"162\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>(Bild l\u00e5nad fr\u00e5n: http:\/\/bugaboopest.com\/)<\/em><\/p>\n<p>As we are still waiting for our first meeting with a skunk we thought that we could get to know these little fellows a bit better.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Fast facts &#8211; The striped skunk<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Average weight:<\/strong> 3.25 kg<br \/>\n<strong>Average length:<\/strong> 57.5 to 80 cm<br \/>\n<strong>Average lifespan:<\/strong> Up to 3 years in the wild and up to 15 years in captivity<\/p>\n<p>With small, short legs, the skunk is very slow. Because they can\u2019t out-run predators, they rely on their scent glands for security. These glands, which are about the size of a grape, secrete a foul-smelling, oily, yellow musk. The spray of a skunk can reach up to six meters and the foul odor is strong enough to be carried almost one kilometre by the wind.<\/p>\n<p>At this time of the year the striped skunk tend to be a sleep most of the time so the likelyhood of meeting one is slim.<\/p>\n<p>And! The skunk seem to be self aware\u00a0of the repulsiveness of its own odor \u2014 it will not spray in confined spaces and or in their own dens.<\/p>\n<p><em>Information taken from\u00a0http:\/\/www.canadiangeographic.ca\/kids &#8211; Thank you!<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>(Bild l\u00e5nad fr\u00e5n: http:\/\/bugaboopest.com\/) As we are still waiting for our first meeting with a skunk we thought that we could get to know these little fellows a bit better. Fast facts &#8211; The striped skunk Average weight: 3.25 kg &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blogg.mah.se\/studyabroad\/2014\/02\/05\/for-the-love-of-skunks\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":484,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[25],"tags":[122,109,121,110],"class_list":["post-850","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-ks-gps","tag-animals","tag-canada","tag-skunk","tag-university-of-ottawa"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogg.mah.se\/studyabroad\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/850","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogg.mah.se\/studyabroad\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogg.mah.se\/studyabroad\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogg.mah.se\/studyabroad\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/484"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogg.mah.se\/studyabroad\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=850"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/blogg.mah.se\/studyabroad\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/850\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":865,"href":"https:\/\/blogg.mah.se\/studyabroad\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/850\/revisions\/865"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogg.mah.se\/studyabroad\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=850"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogg.mah.se\/studyabroad\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=850"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogg.mah.se\/studyabroad\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=850"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}