• Ghostalmedia@lemmy.world
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    7 months ago

    Oof. I’ve had to deal with skunk 3 times. And one time I got hit too.

    No fun. That stuff if so much worse when it’s fresh.

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      7 months ago

      When I was a student, I did an internship in a chemistry lab. On one of the days, someone brought in some samples of skunk secretion for an analysis.

      Everyone was like Not again i dont want that, let the intern do this!

      I thought how bad could it be?. Turns out really bad. It days to stop that smell. And I mostly handled the sealed phials and only opened a single one for a gas chromatography without spilling something…

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      7 months ago

      Oh boy yeah that sounds awful, it was bad enough with them isolated downstairs and after washing the dog immediately. Both times I could very easily smell it in my room for at least a week, fades over time though, first few days suckkkk.