An adventurer in the town

When I was walking near my apartment in Downtown, I found something with white and black stripe moving slowly in the darkness. It was a creature different from a dog or a cat. It was a raccoon! As you know, Vancouver is a city surrounded with nature and it is natural to see wild animals in the town. We often see seagulls, geese, eagles, swans, squirrels, seals and so on, but I have to say it's rare to see a raccoon in the city, even in Vancouver. I have seen racoons in Stanley Park and I think one of them came into Downtown area. He is an adventurer raccoon opening up a new field to live in. He is so slow in motion that I'm worried that he will be hit by a car.

Comments

[ripper]

That's not a Racoon!!! It's a skunk! Skunks can spray a really bad odour on you if you get too close, Racoons are the ones with the ringed tails and the masks around their eyes. You have to be careful if a skunk lifts it's tail into the air and turns it's backside to you, because that is when they are getting ready to spay!

[mochi]

> ripper

Thank you for your correction. I was lucky not to get too close. Sure he didn't have a ringed tail, but he was as big as a racoon. I thought a skunk is in the same size of a squirrel.

[aniq]

how are you?

[Christine]

Since it's a skunk, you should be especially worried about it getting hit by a car. What a stink!
-C.

[miwa]

Yeah!
When I stayed in a small city near Chicago, I awoke to abnormal odor in the night.
The housemaster in the house where I stayed said "it's skunk", but the skunk was outside in the house, but it smelled from garret to kitchen!
If it shoot a fairy, you must be fall in a faint. Don't approach it, ;-)

[Aviatrix]

It makes me smile to know that you got that close to a skunk, not knowing that it was a skunk! Most wildlife is shy, but skunks and porcupines can be quite bold, because they have confidence in their protection.