How would you describe the smell of snake musk?

[zlyssa2]

...to someone who has never smelled it before? Is it true that it's much worse than feces?

And which species has the smelliest musk?

[Veronica]

I was musked on by a wild garter snake. First time I was really really musked. It stank, and the stink is impossible to remove by ordinary means. You just have to wait for it to leave. I washed my hands many times and it barely helped. It is far worse than feces (feces are just a sort of ordinary stinky. The smell leaves after you clean up)

[Bandit]

Musk can be pretty bad depending on the species. It's very pungent, and I find it hard to describe. It smells noticeably worse than feces, in my opinion. Thamnophis and Nerodia musk is terrible, and probably the one I hate the most out of the species I see regularly.

[EL Ziggy]

I've only been musked by king snakes and my scrub python. The smell is definitely unpleasant but not nearly as bad as feces imo.

[Tsubaki]

Worst musk I've ever smelt was a ringneck, took days to get that smell off my hands.

[zlyssa2]

Originally Posted by Tsubaki

Worst musk I've ever smelt was a ringneck, took days to get that smell off my hands.

Yikes. How would you describe the smell?

[Bandit]

Originally Posted by Tsubaki

Worst musk I've ever smelt was a ringneck, took days to get that smell off my hands.

I almost brought up Ringnecks, because they have an incredibly strong musk for something that size. Strangely enough, I don't find it nearly as disgusting as some others, despite it being so potent.

[Aaron_S]

Completely gross

[Tsubaki]

Rancid eggs boiled in urine, only thing that came to mind.. It was nasty