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  1. Has there been an effort to analyze scents with the goal of objectively differentiating. I know that DNA analysis of hair samples can identify different visitors. The badgers may be able to differentiate.

    A objective scent analysis seems a very remote a possibility.

    • Hi Lloyd, I’m sorry for the late response, but I had fallen behind and am just now catching up on things. Are you asking if scent analyses have been done to differentiate between different species, or between members of a given species? If you are asking the latter, I am pretty sure the answer is no, but I agree with you that, since scent marking is so commonly used, it’s highly likely that animals can distinguish between members of their own species based on the odor of the urine and/or glandular secretions. I wouldn’t be surprised if they can also distinguish between individual members of a different species.

  2. Just a weird question, does a irritated badger scent off somewhere between direct skunk and creosote mixt together? We had something last night, unlike skunk, could walk around today and not find where the event occurred. Plus the German Shep does not need a bah.

    • I don’t know what badgers smell like. My cameras do a nice job conveying visual and audio, but not so good at odor 😉

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