"DO YOU SMELL THAT?"
"Do you smell that?" "Yes, I do!" " We have a skunk in the area!"
It's the second time in three days "The Flower Of The Woods" have let us known that they are in Foster City, CA.
When the weather gets warm and animals roam for food, when an eye-bothering oder strikes your eyes--you can almost be sure that a skunk is around.
Many of these little critters, skunks, look and act cute, but two things go wrong when they are near-by. One, the smell would drive you and your friend up a raging river; and second, most dangerous, when they are rabid--which can be a deadly virus to other animals and to human beings too, if they are not treated right away.
So far this year, rabid skunks have been found in the foothills of the Sierras. But the alarming thing is that rabid skunks spike almost every seven-plus-years. There were about fourteen rabid skunks in the last spike--seven-years ago. So far, according to the report, in this month, April, many many sick baby skunks have been found. " Does this indicate one of the spike years?"
Therefore, if you happen to see a small cat like animal with a white stripe along its back, running around acting crazy, get away from it, it could be a rabid skunk, which they have been known to attack people.
Oh, by the way, that bad smell you get in Foster City, CA, is from several skunks that live somewhere along Beach Park Blvd. You can see them scavenging before sunrise, almost every hot morning, during the spring and summer months.
