Damp Skunk

Q1. 'damp skunk' without /s/ sounds like 'damp gunk' (or 'damp kunk'), I am not quite sure.

Q2. /s/+'damp' sounds like 'stamp'. Actual articulation is voiced, but after /s/ I hear it as a voiceless. I hear what I'm used to, not what is actually produced.

Q3. By swapping stop burst, 'damp skunk' sounds like 'daŋk skump'. Again, this is the evidence for default perception. Positional assimilation alone cannot explain this kind of misperception.

Q4. It sounds like 'daŋk'.

Q5. 'dam', or 'damp' without release. I cannot decide which it is, maybe because I already know this word.

Q6. The steady state portion until the formant transition part sounds like 'dae'. When the formant transition part is included, it sounds like 'dae' followed by some labial consonant. I hear it as dam(p), maybe because I know the word already. I wonder what a naive listener would classify them: It could be dap, dab, dam, I guess, becauseony acoustic information is articulatory movement to some kind of labial sound, or formant trasition.

Q7. From the beginning point of 'kunk', I increased the length of the selection I hear. It changes from 'kə' to 'kəŋ'. Why we don't get 'gun' from 'kunk' is that, I guess, it's partly because the place of k closure before /ŋ/ is different from /n/; the former will be backer than the latter. And the difference between the place of articulation of /k/ will make change in perception. Or maybe not?...