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Maybe they met a skunk. But how would a skunk find its way to this side of the Atlantic?
by koliber 3y ago
Maybe they met a skunk. But how would a skunk find its way to this side of the Atlantic?
- charles_f 3y agoThere are skunks in Europe[1], but they look nothing like what that beast is supposed to. [1]: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/European_polecat https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/European_polecat
- pacaro 3y agoMedieval Europeans would have been familiar with polecats. They are/were used for pest control, although they were considered pests themselves. They're probably the ancestor species for ferrets too In the 70s I knew someone who kept them as pets and for hunting rabbits. They really do stink