Echoes to Bugles: Stories of Colorado Mammals examines the natural history of 24 mammals treated as 12 pairs of two very different but very connected animals. Each month features a different pair and presents both the details of their separate lives as individuals and of their inseparable lives as predator and prey. October 14th - Affection at a Distance We enjoy watching them on a television nature show, but we revile them for living in the crawl space. They anger us when they spray the dog, but they amuse us when mom and her babies waddle about in search of food, so long as they’re on the far side of the ravine. With skunks affection is all about distance.