tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5605722472399188859.post1114917317090662606..comments2023-09-15T05:21:45.617-06:00Comments on Is that an Apres?: What the heck is a polecat?Hastings Sandersonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08969028052738319825noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5605722472399188859.post-61707930819338598632013-02-28T09:04:19.593-07:002013-02-28T09:04:19.593-07:00I was wondering the same thing, so I looked. I th...I was wondering the same thing, so I looked. I think it has to do with the striped polecat/zorilla. It is an African relative of the European polecat/puzzole, our Italian fur source. The zorilla defends itself with a stinky secretion from anal glands. It also has stripes. Add up those two factors and a skunk seems a great deal like it, even if they are in no way related.Hastings Sandersonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08969028052738319825noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5605722472399188859.post-15263014717593657712013-02-28T08:30:08.165-07:002013-02-28T08:30:08.165-07:00Interesting... I wonder how the name got shifted t...Interesting... I wonder how the name got shifted to skunks in the US?Aritê gunê Akasahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03619166885106439477noreply@blogger.com