The back-up squad of skunk spray consists of thioacetates, other groupings of carbon and hydrogen that are, at first, not particularly smelly. When water hits them, it rearranges them into more ...

How to Identify a Skunk's Presence. Their distinctive smell is the easiest way to identify a skunk’s presence. You may notice a musky odor under a building, wood pile, or other structure where ...

The Chemistry of Skunk Spray. Posted: October 13, ... and two of those are the main contributors to the awful odor. But three other molecules in the spray are what are called “thioacetates.” ...

Fungal compound deodorizes skunk smell Date: July 24, 2019 Source: American Chemical Society Summary: Being sprayed by a skunk is no fun for people or their pets, and the strong, stinky secretions ...

Getting rid of skunk odor takes speed, and the right products. The sooner and more efficiently you act, the better your chances of eliminating the smell completely and quickly. We'll review at ...

Skunk spray is a thiol, an organic compound with sulfur as a principal component. Sulfur has that classic rotten egg smell, and it’s what gives thiol its gag-inducing power.

Salk conquered polio. Einstein unraveled relativity. And Krebaum? Well, Paul Krebaum, it appears, has developed the first home remedy for skunk spray. If ever an idea was in the air, it was this: H… ...

The odor can be smelled from up to half a mile away, Creature Control says. Skunks can spray up to 6 meters, the University of Michigan said. Do skunks spray more often during mating season?

Ask Smithsonian: What Makes Skunk Spray Smell So Terrible? When the omnivorous cat-size mammals take aim, the malodorous spray can hit with pin-point accuracy up to 20 feet away.