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Skunks from All Over Texas Come Measuring the Distance Between the Start Together for the Day to Compete Texas Wildlife Association presents.... April 2017 Kid’s Quarterly Mini-Mag! Vol. 11 No. 2 Postcards from Nancy.......by Elanor Dean Hey there TWA Pals! Spring has sprung which means warmer weather and recorded in the competition. I wish I were able to compete in this fun outdoor events. Today I am writing you from the event, because I had a pretty powerful stomp. 4th Annual Skunk Shuffle which is held in Sulphur We had to walk to a faraway field for the fourth and final event, Springs, Texas. My friend Stanley the skunk invited the spray shoot. There was a long table at the entrance of the field me because he and his family are competing in covered with clothespins, and I could see targets on the opposite the events. side of the field. We ran into Stanley’s sister Each year skunks from all over Texas come measuring the distance between the start together for the day to compete. We arrived line and the targets, 10 feet. Stanley and early, so Stanley was able to take me around his sister were most excited about this to explain each event in the Skunk Shuffle. event. They explained that the clothespins We walked past a stage with a microphone were to block my nose because this was a that was ready for the grunting competition. competition for most accurate skunk spray. In this event, everyone competes to make “Wait, what?” I said, “Skunks can decide the scariest and intimidating presentation of where they want their spray to go?” “Yes,” grunts, hisses and snarls. Next to the stage said Stanley, “we are able to spray pretty well was a long runway set up for the tail swish. over 10 feet away.” The targets were set up Stanley told me that his father won this like an archery circle, and the closest spray competition last year for having the most to the center of the target would win the fabulous tail display. He works very hard to competition. keep his tail well groomed and fluffy in case Photo @thinkstock “Wow,” I said as we returned to the he needs to frighten away a predator. entrance of the fairground, “this looks like it We continued walking through the Skunk Shuffle fairground is going to be a great day!” I wished Stanley and arrived at the strongest stomp stage. There were several good luck and took my seat in the platforms set up with pressure plates that looked like they were stands ready to enjoy the events. ready for some type of measurement. Stanley’s uncle was double- It looks like they are about to checking that the pressure plates were correctly adjusted and he start, so I had better sign off. let us practice stomping. We had to stomp on the pressure plate with both of our front feet as the plate recorded the strength of Nancy our stomp. 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Viewing Videoconference programs: Once you have rubbed the solution into your pet’s fur make sure you thoroughly rinse with clean water. http://www.texas-wildlife.org/ programs-areas/youth-on-demand-webinars Visit www.connect2texas.net L.A.N.D.S. Intensive Program & iTunes U - TWA has Trinity River Project - With the collaborated with the Texas L.A.N.D.S. Intensive program, Education Agency (TEA) schools and teachers have to bring our On-demand access to natural resource Youth Webinars to the TEA lessons, special presentations, page on iTunes U. Previews field investigation days, and of each On-demand Webinar and corresponding necropsies, as part of our worksheet are now available right on your iPhone Learning Across New Dimensions in Science (L.A.N.D.S.) or iPad. https://itunes.apple.com/us/itunes-u/texas- youth stewardship initiative. Trinity River Project, Grades wildlife-association/id884228948 4-5 — L.A.N.D.S. Intensive Program Grades 7-12. http:// www.texas-wildlife.org/program-areas/learning-across- Follow us on: 2 new-dimensions-in-science-l.a.n.d.s. 7 2 Photo @ commons.wikimedia.org Did you know... puzzles.....mazes.....oh my! go ahead.....give it a try! Skunk Unscramble Step 1: Use the clues to unscramble the word and then write the word into the boxes. When an animal eats meat and plants it is an MOERNOIV 5 12 Skunks use these do dig SWLCA 6 10 A skunks color is a RANGWIN to predators 11 Skunks produce a stinky PASYR 13 1 An area consisting of a city or town NBUAR 3 Skunks will sleep in a burrow or NDE word searches...... 7 14 … that skunks can spray very accurately, up to 10 feet to keep their predators away? When an animal is active or awake at night RUNCNLOTA … that their black and white coloration is a warning for predators to stay away? 2 9 … that spraying is only used as a last resort, first they will try to scare the predator away by grunting, The place where an animal lives TBAHITA stomping their feet and fluffing their tail? 4 8 … that the name skunk comes from the Algonquin word seganku? Step 2: Answer the riddle by placing the letters from the numbers boxes above into the corresponding box below. … that there are six different species or types of skunk in Texas? … that skunks only spray five or six times before they temporarily run out of and have to make more? How do you stop a skunk from smelling? 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 Guess Who? Skunk Image © Sheri Amsel, www.exploringnature.org Conservation Action Items There are six different species, or types of skunks in Texas. The three displayed here are the Hooded Skunk, Spotted Skunk and Striped Skunk. Can you figure out which one is which? Write your guess in the blank below each image. Feed pets indoors to discourage skunks from entering your backyard. Reduce, reuse or recycle whenever possible. Volunteer with a habitat restoration project. Conserve water and use a reusable water bottle.
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