This morning, reading an article on nationalgeographic.com, I came across the name of an animal that I had never heard of before.
Having been obsessed with animals in my earlier years, I refused to believe that I didn't actually know what this one was-- I read its name over and over-- ZorrillaZorrillaZorrillaZorrilla.
It sounded pretty at least, sort of rolling over the tongue.
But all I could picture was a sort of zebra-gorilla hybrid.
I would have liked to believe that there was some sort of striped horse-ape out there, somewhere in the far reaches of the Earth, but my curiosity and common sense eventually got the better of me-- admitting defeat, I turned to Google.
It turns out that Zorrillas are very much like skunks.
Stripier and smellier, they're the African equivalent of Bambi's little friend, declared by The Guinness Book of World Records to be the smelliest animal on Earth-- pungent enough to keep lions at bay out on the savannahs.
That's pretty impressive without gorilla-sized biceps to back you up.
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