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MATT. TRIBUNE, MIBFORB, 0X1.
16 Monday, October 27, 1958
Is That
By OLGA BURNS
Quick as he is to resort to
chemical warfare, the skunk
is actually one of man's bet
ter friends.
Take the case of the skunk
and the ladybird beetle, or
ladybug.
Though extremely fond of
insects, including most crop
destroyers such as cutworms,
the skunk lets the ladybug
severely aone. This is a break
for man because most lady
bugs are heavy eaters of other
insects.
It is true that the skunk
doesn't bother ladybugs be
cause he finds them unpalat
able, just as he does toads
which are also great insect
eaters. And it must be ad
mitted that he does have a
fondness for bees and honey
that makes it advisable to keep
the hives up out of his reach.
But that drawback is more
than offset by the fact that
he is much addicted to wasps
and. yellow jackets, digging
them out of their homes when
ever he finds them.
Rodents are equally high
on his list of favorite foods
He is a constant hunter of
field mice that are so destruc
tive of crops, and as for rats,
the smaller spotted skunks
have been known to follow
them into their holes. The
striped kind, that may tip
the scales at 10 pounds, can't
do that, of course, but any
barn he frequents will soon
be ratless.
And not necessarily at. the
expense of some chickens.
Some skunks develop a liking
for chickens and hens' eggs,
but if the birds are properly
cared for the skunk will prob
ably never develop a taste
for them. Studies of the stom
ach contents of hundreds of
wild skunks show they con
centrate mainly on insects
and rodents with an occasion
al frog or snale thrown in.
The menu is varied somewhat
with fruit, berries and grains.
Lilile in Disfavor '
In view of his eating habits
and the quiet manner in which
be usually conducts himself,
there is actually little to be
said in the skunk's disfavor.
Probably the most serious
charge is that they have a
tendency to rabies. That, how
ever, seems actualy baseless.
Some skunks have developed
rabies, but since even rabbits
have, to say nothing of vari
ous other animals, and since
the likelihood is that they got
it from a rabid dog or cat,
they present no special threat
to man in that respect.
. In fact, so long as a skunk
is facing you, there's little
to worry about. Just don't
frighten him into turning
around.
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