everytime my little cousins come in from outdoors my grandmother always tells them that they need to take a bath because they're walking around smelling like po-cats. I don't know if that's even the right spelling for it.
2006-11-08 12:46:30 · 13 answers · asked by 2sweet4u 4 in Pets ➔ Cats
Oh, think you mean Pole Cat.
The website says that the polecat used to be called a 'foul mart' because of its strong smell.
Hmm, think that your little cousins might have just been a little stinky. lol
2006-11-08 12:52:41 · answer #1 · answered by Solow 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
What you are talking about is an animal called a pole-cat. It looks kind of like a really skinny raccoon or a ferret with a long black and white striped tail. They don't smell very pleasant, even if they are cute. Sometimes called miner's cat or ringtail.
2006-11-08 20:58:47 · answer #2 · answered by Brittany V 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
That is I think a Southern expression for a skunk. So it's not a specific species of animal.
2006-11-08 22:25:51 · answer #3 · answered by old cat lady 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think that what your grandmother referred to was "polecats". This was an old fashioned name for what we call skunks.
2006-11-08 20:55:05 · answer #4 · answered by Beau R 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
the correct spelling polecat. a carnivorous mammal like a ferret or a skunk
2006-11-08 20:53:34 · answer #5 · answered by K M 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's actually pole cat but it's a skunk.
2006-11-08 22:02:46 · answer #6 · answered by Mud 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A 'polecat' is a weasle, and skunks are also called polecats. I don't know of a poe-cat.
2006-11-08 20:56:48 · answer #7 · answered by Mr.Wise 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A Pole-Cat is a frickin' skunk end of story.
They are not another animal!
2006-11-08 21:33:59 · answer #8 · answered by saxguru20 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It is POLE cat and it is another name for a skunk.
2006-11-08 20:53:59 · answer #9 · answered by leftygirl_75 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
POLE CAT IS A SKUNK
2006-11-08 20:56:51 · answer #10 · answered by cork 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋