Monday, October 31, 2011

October Snow

Saturday, October 15, 2011

Thank God for every Blessing



This is the photo I took early morning before sunrise with my point and shoot camera. October 11 Tuesday 2011

Recently I was waiting for my friend to give a ride to bus station for me to go to the city. As my normal routine. I got up early and was ready an hour before the scheduled time. I went out of the building. It was chilly and dark. Sun was just getting ready to get rise and spread it light around us. I could see things around. I saw a special animal just in front of the building. A real fascinating creature. AS you already imagined I took my camera and got very near to him and took two shots. The flash was so hard on its eyes. Because it was not so bright, I had to be so close to it to get a good shot. I was angry due to the powerful flash on its eyes and it got angry and starts to look like ready to attack me. I just pulled me back and stamped on the walkway. He lifted his tail and I took some photos. I showed to my friends when I reached the city and they told me Sunny you are so blessed man, otherwise you were not able to come here today. That creature was a Skunk. The odd smell will not go away for more than a week after many tomato juice baths you take throwing away the clothes you were. I did a small study on it. And here is what a skunk is. Good looking but when you go near to it you may need a real luck like the one I had if you do not know them. Thank God for saving me from the skunk. I was so close to him but God was more close to me.
Skunks (in the United States, occasionally called polecats) are mammals best known for their ability to secrete a liquid with a strong, foul odor. Although the most common fur color is black and white, some skunks are brown or grey, and a few are cream-colored. Although they have excellent senses of smell and hearing – vital attributes in a crepuscular omnivore – they have poor vision. They cannot see, with any clarity, objects more than about 3 meters (10 ft) away, making them vulnerable to death by road traffic. They are short-lived animals: Fewer than 10% survive for longer than three years. The most notorious feature of skunks is their anal scent glands, which they can use as a defensive weapon. They are similar to, though much more developed than, the glands found in species of the Mustelidae family. Skunks have two glands, one on each side of the anus. These glands produce a mixture of sulfur-containing chemicals such as methyl and butyl thiols traditionally called mercaptans, which have a highly offensive smell that can be described as a combination of the odors of rotten eggs, garlic and burnt rubber. The odor of the fluid is strong enough to ward off bears and other potential attackers and can be difficult to remove from clothing. Muscles located next to the scent glands allow them to spray with a high degree of accuracy, as far as 3 meters (10 ft). The smell aside, the spray can cause irritation and even temporary blindness and is sufficiently powerful to be detected by a human nose up to a mile downwind.
‎Skunks are reluctant to use this weapon, as they carry just enough of the chemical for five or six uses – about 15 cc – and require some ten days to produce another supply their bold black and white coloring however serves to make the skunk's appearance memorable. Where practical, it is to a skunk's advantage simply to warn a threatening creature off without expending scent: black and white warning color aside, threatened skunks will go through an elaborate routine of hisses, foot stamping, and tail-high threat postures before resorting to the spray. Interestingly, skunks usually do not spray other skunks, with the exception of males in the mating season. Though they fight over den space in autumn, they do so with teeth and claws.

My friends told me . You are so blessed. Otherwise we were not even able to come near you for a week. Even from the creatures we have a lot to learn. Thank God for saving me from the foul odor which will keep me away from my regular duties. God really take care of his faithful believer. He provides. Indeed He does.