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From: butch@utastro.UUCP (Allan Butcher)
Newsgroups: net.bio
Subject: Skunk vs Dog
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Date: Mon, 25-Aug-86 15:04:14 EDT
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Posted: Mon Aug 25 15:04:14 1986
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   My small dog recently had a losing encounter with a skunk (which also
happened to spray the side of my house.   I have received many suggestions
(from net.misc) to use tomatoe juice/soup, but nothing really scientific.

   Are there any biologists or chemists out there who can tell us why tomatoe
works (or does not work) or what skunk spray is made of and if it can be 
washed off???   We would appreciate scientific or first hand responses here
rather than "Well, I heard on the TV that..."

thanks in advance..

Allan Butcher and Dave Doss
The University of Texas McDonald Observatory
Fort Davis, Western Territories, Republic of TEXAS 79734-1337

"No Bucks - No Buck Rogers --- Support your local observatory"