Creature Comforts | Skunks

On Creature Comforts, Kevin Farrell is joined by Dr. Troy Majure, veterinarian at the Animal Medical Center in Jackson and Libby Hartfield retired director of the Mississippi Museum of Natural Science.The people of Mississippi are all too familiar with our subject for today’s show. Whether you experience them in passing while driving down the road, or your pet waltzes into your house with a certain stench on them, you’re aware of the animals we’re discussing today. You guessed it, we’re discussing skunks. Katelin Cross, mammalogist at both the MDWFP and Mississippi Museum of Natural Science, joins us for the hour to talk about our stinky friends.To submit your own question for the show, email us at [email protected] or send us a message with the Talk To Us feature in the MPB Public Media App.If you enjoyed listening to this podcast, please consider contributing to MPB: https://donate.mpbfoundation.org/mspb/podcast Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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On Creature Comforts, Kevin Farrell is joined by Dr. Troy Majure, veterinarian at the Animal Medical Center in Jackson and Libby Hartfield retired director of the Mississippi Museum of Natural Science.The people of Mississippi are all too familiar with our subject for today’s show. Whether you experience them in passing while driving down the road, or your pet waltzes into your house with a certain stench on them, you’re aware of the animals we’re discussing today. You guessed it, we’re discussing skunks. Katelin Cross, mammalogist at both the MDWFP and Mississippi Museum of Natural Science, joins us for the hour to talk about our stinky friends.To submit your own question for the show, email us at [email protected] or send us a message with the Talk To Us feature in the MPB Public Media App.If you enjoyed listening to this podcast, please consider contributing to MPB: https://donate.mpbfoundation.org/mspb/podcast Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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