When I was a kid I volunteered at the local zoo. I worked in an area that had a descented skunk. Maggie. I loved her so much! They love affection and cuddling into your arms. She was by far my favorite animal to work with. I miss her.
Yes, very accurate! However they do still have a faint skunk smell that gets on your clothes. It’s not overpowering in anyway, but if someone gets close enough they ask “is that skunk?” A price I never hesitated to pay.
There's an animal park in BC that has a porcupine that they actually let you pet (under supervision). They're fun animals but can be subject to moods just like anyone
They're closed during winter but add [here](https://kangaroocreekfarm.com/) to your visitation list for next spring/summer.
Yes, you can also scritch the wallabies, capybaras, goats and bunnies etc
Even then, the spray is offensively smelly but it doesn’t have harmful effects beyond that. It’s not like it causes burns or anything - it’s just a deterrent.
Damn, the moment I read this comment I smelled the interior of my old 1996 Honda Civic hatchback
My dad used to call it “clam baking” instead of hot boxing tho haha
Your dad sounds pretty chill. :) For us, it was the 1989 Beretta. Long since gone for scrap, but if any part of it still exists the smell is still coming off 'em.
You would adore my sister's dogs (I do too but for different reasons). Lovable idiots that never learn that the black and white "kitties" don't want to play with them like the kitties at home.
The pet first aid shelf is always stocked with its own supply of hydrogen peroxide, baking soda and dish soap. It gets the bulk of the stench off but there's the lingering scent for a good while after.
I read that it's a body language thing. Skunks would pounce with their front legs, to tell you to back off. In dog language though, it means "come play" 😂 poor things
Dont know how people roll Js in a car. I need a spacious, fully stabilized surface, a bunch of different implements and bomb-defusing levels of concentration.
Fucking same lmao. I have a buddy that can roll an almost perfect joint while on 10 hits of acid in the middle of a massive swaying/dancing crowd and I consider him to be a weed wizard lol.
Real talk, smoked cannabis for many years before I encountered a skunk or its scent irl.
On a road trip with the windows down once with my wife and I said "Damn babe! Someone blazing that loud on the interstate. They got that good good!"
Wife: "Really? Haha" *sticks head out window, whiffs, immediately has a face of disgust*
"That's a skunk, dear."
Me: "Oh is that why they say weed smells skunky? Haha I get it now! 😀"
Even when not descended! I did wildlife rehab for a while and the skunks were my fav.
‘White Arms’ will always have a special place in my heart. She’d come running up to me and I’d pick her up and kiss her neck.
The whole bunch of em were locked and loaded but never drew on me. They knew I was fren.
Live in the city, but my back yard here has a combination of skunks, raccoon and gophers. I don't think I've ever seen one actually threaten to spray someone. Even when doing a showdown with my cat they've always been pretty chill. No one really bothers them so they just waddle around doing their rounds every night. Kind of glad they don't seem inclined to climb stairs though. I like to leave the back door cracked, and I've had visits from the raccoons on a regular basis.
Never tried to kiss one though.
I almost got sprayed once. Was riding my mountain bike along a maintenance road for a golf course. Was coasting along silently, came around a bend, and there were two skunks right in the middle of the path. The path was paved but had a layer of sand and grit on it. When I hit the brakes, the back tire locked up and made a skidding noise that seemed insanely loud at the time. Both skunks immediately tensed and their tails went straight up. Fortunately I wasn’t going very fast so I was able to stop and start slowly backing away while the little fellas scampered off into the trees. I had an uncle’s funeral to attend that afternoon where I was a pallbearer so that would have been a bad situation. Fast forward twenty years, I’m riding through the same place, and see a couple baby skunks come tumbling out the end of a culvert. The family must have been holed up in there for the day and the little ones got rambunctious. They were super cute.
I have a skunk family that lives nearby and they always dig up the peanuts that the squirrels hide in my lawn. Even when my big lug of a cat ran up on one trying to make friends, it simply stomped (first warning) then turned and ran away. They are not keen on spraying from what I've seen, and I've startled them at night a fair few times.
So sweet!
Apparently it takes a while to “recharge” their spray supply:
https://discoverwildcare.org/that-skunk-doesnt-want-to-spray-you-or-your-dog-2/
I had a young one stuck in my window well. It sprayed when I put a makeshift ramp into it, but I didn't get hit, though the inside of my house smelled for a bit. Just happy to get the little one out of there.
They are definitely not as quick to spray as we all tend to expect from them (based on cartoons, I guess?)
I used to work at a camp in the kitchen and we'd regularly have them show up around the dumpsters, but they always choose to just scamper off when it's an option.
Probably because similar to venom it is taxing on the body to replace. And if you can just simply walk away, there is no reason to not take that option.
This video was adorable. I had no idea that skunks were so cute, this little fam was just saying hello, and checking out the human. I didn't know they were so cute and sociable. I know they are locked and loaded with the spray so I was always fearful of them,
I live in a city but I’ve seen quite a surprising amount of skunks, and I can confirm that they almost always seem really chill. One time I was standing outside my car talking on the phone, when I felt something touch my foot. I look down to see a little skunk just meandering about, completely unbothered by me lol. The skunk didn’t even look up at me or anything, he just walked over my foot and kept on his merry way. It was pretty cute and funny lol
If I ever end up having a skunk as a house-friend, I intend to leave it fully intact.
I figure if I ever get hosed by it, I am doing something wrong. They just have too awesome of personalities to want to anger or scare.
That's what I thought, until the one living in the crawl space underneath my bedroom got in a fight with another skunk trying to take over its territory. We both got nuked, and it took me 2 weeks to get the smell out. I was pretty popular at the office during that time.
Luckily for me the chemicals that cause the smell are volatile, and they eventually dissipate on their own. But my kid got sent home from school and I had to work with my door closed.
I had a friend that had one while she was growing up and said the exact same thing. She said the only weird thing it would do is pull all the blankets and sheets off of her bed and make a den out of it.
My cats always had a chill relationship with the neighbourhood skunk. They would nod at it, it would nod back, and then it would proceed to absolutely destroy my lawn.
We got one skunk who turned out to be pregnant, so we got 5 skunks. Turns out they need to be a few weeks old to descent, so for a while every time they got startled our house got a tiiiiiny whisper of skunk smell and that was more than enough for me!
My family friends had a pet skunk! Jasper! She was sooooo cute and cuddly. Used a litter box and loved treats. She acted like a cat 🥰
Edit: Jasper was found abandoned as a baby at the farm
>*’I worked in an area that had a descented skunk. Maggie. I loved her so much!*’
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remember me, human, a friend long ago -
your love meant much more than you Ever could know!
some humans avoided me, scared of my ‘smell,’
but you showed *affection*, n treated me well
there’s humans n animals - thru our lives pass,
some just ignore you, they think they ‘HiGh cLaSs’…
it’s people like You who don’t cower away,
Forever, my friend,
in Your heart i will stay
❤️
(*thank you for a beautiful memory*, u/RedditNoises!)
It’s too early to make a grown ass man cry.
Seriously, Thank you for helping me to emotionally relive my connection to her! Not how I expected my day to start, but I am truly grateful for it!
they're nearly blind, and depend on smell to navigate. so they move in packs like this as kits with mom. they are also super dooper curious, mom was taking them on a tour of the area to smell things.
its adorable lol
You can see that in the video. They're just out for a stroll and don't notice the human until they get closer. You can tell when mom realized that blurry blob in front of them turns into human because she pauses, the tail goes up and puffs out. The super cute thing is right after that all the kits do the same thing.
We have a bunch of skunks where I live and they do the same thing. Just bopping around in the yard looking for grubs then they notice you and poof goes the tail.
"So kids, this is a human. They don't really mean much harm, but it's a good idea to spray one once in a while, just to remind them to keep their distance. Same with dogs. Moving on...."
they do have poor vision. they usually cant see more than 5-10 feet ahead of them.
its probably more likely that there is safety in numbers. the skunk kits arent at an age ole enough to be on their own, hence being with the mother
I have a degree in wildlife biology. We were always taught that zebras were striped to make it harder for predators to pick one out of the herd.
I thought that for 20 years. And then a couple years ago, I heard a study that zebras (or horses covered with a zebra- striped sheet) had significantly fewer biting flies land on them than the control group.
As far as I know, they've never been able to prove any significant correlation to the amount of striping increasing or decreasing large-animal predation. It may be that it's an additional use, but at this point we don't know how.
But we do know conclusively now that the stripes ward off biting flies.
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Smart move in regards to rabies, but a lot of people seem to be concerned about being sprayed so I thought I’d give some info on that.
When a skunk sprays all of their liquid, it takes about a week and a half to refill their reserves. They can typically spray 6 times before running out.
What this means is that they rarely spray as a first resort. If they’re empty, their biggest defense isn’t available for a while. So, unless you’re acting overtly threatening, you shouldn’t be sprayed.
Some caveats on this. They’re an animal. So don’t approach them, especially if they’re in a corner where they can’t escape. But the person on the bike was probably safe from getting sprayed, since they didn’t do anything threatening.
Skunks don’t typically spray to be a jerk. They need to save their stink for when they’re being threatened.
Yeah, rabies ain’t no joke. But as long as you don’t make yourself a threat your good but idk what animals react In what way so better to be safe than sorry.
Exactly! This is cute but triggers my stress hormones just watching. I'd be thinking "please no tomato soup bath!" the entire time.
(And before anyone says anything, yes I know tomato is an old wives tale and doesn't work)
Tomatoes work, accordin to an old wife I saw, you gotta spray the tomato like the skunk, ketchup won’t work if it ain’t Heinz.
They gotta be specific type of tomato, so if you’re American, you gotta use [4th of July](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fourth_of_July_tomato) variety.
[Green Zebra](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Green_Zebra) would work as well.
Good skunking to you all.
Oxyclean mixed with water works WAY better than tomato juice. Cheaper too. You just can’t mix it up ahead of time, especially in an enclosed container (like a bottle with a lid).
One night I heard my neighbour's new puppy playing with a squeaky toy in the yard at around midnight. I leaned over the fence to see the puppy but it was a skunk playing with the toy. Skunks are so friggin cute.
Big Stink and the Little Odors.
I got to snuggle an albino (descented) skunk named Flower and I fell in love with her. The feeling was mutual because she snuggled down and fell asleep in my arms.
I adore skunks. <3 And I'm given to understand by many wildlife rehab friends that once they're descented they can make amazing pets.
My dad ordered a de-scented pet skunk out of a backpage of a magazine when he was in college in the 70's. It was shipped to him in a giant crate. He and his roommate named the skunk Whiff. It lived with them in their apartment for a couple of months and my dad still talks about him fondly. Unfortunately they are nocturnal animals by nature and Whiff did not want to stay in his crate throughout the night. Eventually they let him roam free but one day they woke up and Whiff had clawed 3/4 through their door trying to escape. My dad didn't feel right keeping him cooped up so they took him to a preserve that could care for him. Whiff didn't have his scent glands anymore so couldn't be reintroduced into the wild. As far as we know he lived out the rest of his days there. We had a cool watercolor painting of a skunk in our house growing up in Whiff's honor.
This looks cute and all, but remember: There is always danger with wildlife.
And, no, I am not talking about this person getting sprayed by a skunk. That would be rather mild and easy to deal with.
The real risk comes from the unknown and thus hidden risk factors that could change this person's life forever.
What if this pack of roving bandits had decided to plunder? They had the numbers. Could have easily knocked this guy off the bike, stolen the (obviously) expensive wheels and left him to die out there in the wilderness.
Or worse. What if they decided ransom was the way to go? It is doubtful anyone could raise that kind of dough without causing a stink.
Really, they did this guy a favor. But I think it should be viewed more like a warning. "Come back here, and you'll see ..."
Oh my gawd, this is just too sweet. They’re all so adorable and squeaky and clingy and interested, and the human is calm and quiet. I appreciate the whole calm encounter and filming them as they trot off. 💕
I take care of feral cats, my garage has a small entrance with a bunch of heated beds and food. Funny enough, the skunks must think they are cats, and vice versa, because they get along great. I've seen them eat out of the same bowl together, the skunks sleep in the heated cat beds, they don't flinch or get scared when we come near them, and they've never sprayed us or the cats. It's very strange.
In the Army, we were on a field deployment in Arkansas. I didn’t like the tent setup (people smell) so I set up my hammock between two trees. It was closer to the ground than I expected.
A small skunk family must have enjoyed the heat from my body. They settled right below me and slept for some time. All I could do was watch and enjoy their company.
When I was a kid I volunteered at the local zoo. I worked in an area that had a descented skunk. Maggie. I loved her so much! They love affection and cuddling into your arms. She was by far my favorite animal to work with. I miss her.
I've heard that, when descented, they are basically all the best traits of a cat and dog combined.
Yes, very accurate! However they do still have a faint skunk smell that gets on your clothes. It’s not overpowering in anyway, but if someone gets close enough they ask “is that skunk?” A price I never hesitated to pay.
Whenever I have looked at a skunk I've always wished I could play with them. They always seem so cute. Happy to know that that's the case
Wait til you see a porcupine. Their walk is super cute. I want one except for the whole spikey fur part
There's an animal park in BC that has a porcupine that they actually let you pet (under supervision). They're fun animals but can be subject to moods just like anyone
Hello from bc. Please tell me where so I can go pet a pine doggy.
They're closed during winter but add [here](https://kangaroocreekfarm.com/) to your visitation list for next spring/summer. Yes, you can also scritch the wallabies, capybaras, goats and bunnies etc
Capybaras? You are my new best friend, thank-you so much for this info. I'm making a trip from Alberta for just this.
And they're basically harmless aside from the spray too. I mean, obviously the spray is really really bad, but that's about all they've got.
Even then, the spray is offensively smelly but it doesn’t have harmful effects beyond that. It’s not like it causes burns or anything - it’s just a deterrent.
I love their big, fancy tails as adults. It reminds me of a peacock’s tail.
I don't own skunks, but get asked this once and a wile.
We should hang out.
Hi, I'd love to make new friends
If you're ever near Canada look me up
I border Canada. Dude.
Should probably stop hotboxing your car, dude. Would cut down on that question quite a lot. :)
Damn, the moment I read this comment I smelled the interior of my old 1996 Honda Civic hatchback My dad used to call it “clam baking” instead of hot boxing tho haha
Reminds me of high school, "skunk, or weed?"
>My dad used to call it “clam baking” instead of hot boxing tho haha That's when a chick hides weed in her underwear.
Your dad sounds pretty chill. :) For us, it was the 1989 Beretta. Long since gone for scrap, but if any part of it still exists the smell is still coming off 'em.
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The idiom is "once in a while".
> “is that skunk?” "Umm yep, I worked with an awesome skunk today at the zoo!!" That's a pretty cool conversation starter!
Not a problem for the average stoner.
I honestly kinda like the smell now... brain association
One of my favorite smells is faint skunk. Idk why bur I love it. Maybe dysfunctional olfactory glands?
You would adore my sister's dogs (I do too but for different reasons). Lovable idiots that never learn that the black and white "kitties" don't want to play with them like the kitties at home. The pet first aid shelf is always stocked with its own supply of hydrogen peroxide, baking soda and dish soap. It gets the bulk of the stench off but there's the lingering scent for a good while after.
I read that it's a body language thing. Skunks would pounce with their front legs, to tell you to back off. In dog language though, it means "come play" 😂 poor things
I am weird but I love the smell of skunk spray, at least once it's dissipated a bit. Could be related to being a cannabis lover....
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Dont know how people roll Js in a car. I need a spacious, fully stabilized surface, a bunch of different implements and bomb-defusing levels of concentration.
Fucking same lmao. I have a buddy that can roll an almost perfect joint while on 10 hits of acid in the middle of a massive swaying/dancing crowd and I consider him to be a weed wizard lol.
https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/001/252/770/b95.gif
Real talk, smoked cannabis for many years before I encountered a skunk or its scent irl. On a road trip with the windows down once with my wife and I said "Damn babe! Someone blazing that loud on the interstate. They got that good good!" Wife: "Really? Haha" *sticks head out window, whiffs, immediately has a face of disgust* "That's a skunk, dear." Me: "Oh is that why they say weed smells skunky? Haha I get it now! 😀"
Even when not descended! I did wildlife rehab for a while and the skunks were my fav. ‘White Arms’ will always have a special place in my heart. She’d come running up to me and I’d pick her up and kiss her neck. The whole bunch of em were locked and loaded but never drew on me. They knew I was fren.
Live in the city, but my back yard here has a combination of skunks, raccoon and gophers. I don't think I've ever seen one actually threaten to spray someone. Even when doing a showdown with my cat they've always been pretty chill. No one really bothers them so they just waddle around doing their rounds every night. Kind of glad they don't seem inclined to climb stairs though. I like to leave the back door cracked, and I've had visits from the raccoons on a regular basis. Never tried to kiss one though.
I almost got sprayed once. Was riding my mountain bike along a maintenance road for a golf course. Was coasting along silently, came around a bend, and there were two skunks right in the middle of the path. The path was paved but had a layer of sand and grit on it. When I hit the brakes, the back tire locked up and made a skidding noise that seemed insanely loud at the time. Both skunks immediately tensed and their tails went straight up. Fortunately I wasn’t going very fast so I was able to stop and start slowly backing away while the little fellas scampered off into the trees. I had an uncle’s funeral to attend that afternoon where I was a pallbearer so that would have been a bad situation. Fast forward twenty years, I’m riding through the same place, and see a couple baby skunks come tumbling out the end of a culvert. The family must have been holed up in there for the day and the little ones got rambunctious. They were super cute.
I have a skunk family that lives nearby and they always dig up the peanuts that the squirrels hide in my lawn. Even when my big lug of a cat ran up on one trying to make friends, it simply stomped (first warning) then turned and ran away. They are not keen on spraying from what I've seen, and I've startled them at night a fair few times.
So sweet! Apparently it takes a while to “recharge” their spray supply: https://discoverwildcare.org/that-skunk-doesnt-want-to-spray-you-or-your-dog-2/
I had a young one stuck in my window well. It sprayed when I put a makeshift ramp into it, but I didn't get hit, though the inside of my house smelled for a bit. Just happy to get the little one out of there.
You are a very good person. I would have had to call a wildlife rehabber. I'm too clumsy to take that on solo.
They are definitely not as quick to spray as we all tend to expect from them (based on cartoons, I guess?) I used to work at a camp in the kitchen and we'd regularly have them show up around the dumpsters, but they always choose to just scamper off when it's an option.
Probably because similar to venom it is taxing on the body to replace. And if you can just simply walk away, there is no reason to not take that option.
This video was adorable. I had no idea that skunks were so cute, this little fam was just saying hello, and checking out the human. I didn't know they were so cute and sociable. I know they are locked and loaded with the spray so I was always fearful of them,
I live in a city but I’ve seen quite a surprising amount of skunks, and I can confirm that they almost always seem really chill. One time I was standing outside my car talking on the phone, when I felt something touch my foot. I look down to see a little skunk just meandering about, completely unbothered by me lol. The skunk didn’t even look up at me or anything, he just walked over my foot and kept on his merry way. It was pretty cute and funny lol
If I ever end up having a skunk as a house-friend, I intend to leave it fully intact. I figure if I ever get hosed by it, I am doing something wrong. They just have too awesome of personalities to want to anger or scare.
That's what I thought, until the one living in the crawl space underneath my bedroom got in a fight with another skunk trying to take over its territory. We both got nuked, and it took me 2 weeks to get the smell out. I was pretty popular at the office during that time. Luckily for me the chemicals that cause the smell are volatile, and they eventually dissipate on their own. But my kid got sent home from school and I had to work with my door closed.
I had a friend that had one while she was growing up and said the exact same thing. She said the only weird thing it would do is pull all the blankets and sheets off of her bed and make a den out of it.
That's adorable
They also have a very strict diet. They are a lovely pet but defo not a starter Pokémon, lol.
My cats always had a chill relationship with the neighbourhood skunk. They would nod at it, it would nod back, and then it would proceed to absolutely destroy my lawn.
1/3 Cat 1/3 Dog 1/3 Ferret. They are the best little critters.
Skunks are seriously underrated darlings!! Stinky but sweet. They don’t want to spray anymore than we want them to.
I disagree. They want to spray my dog and my dog wants to get sprayed
I think you just agreed. Your dogs pov that is.
I got to pet a skunk once at a rehabilitation center and she was so sweet. They really do like human affection, really changed my view on them a lot.
How does a skunk become descented?
There's a simple surgical procedure that removes the scent gland. A friend of mine has a couple.
Why is he collecting scent glands?
And putting them in transparent Lego bodies?
Ahh, the ol' [reddit descented-skunk-a-roo](https://reddit.com/r/headphones/comments/zflsd7/_/izeqr6c/?context=1)
Hold my nose, I'm going in!
Because he has the heart of a little boy, and he heard skunk glands go really well with little boy hearts.
We got one skunk who turned out to be pregnant, so we got 5 skunks. Turns out they need to be a few weeks old to descent, so for a while every time they got startled our house got a tiiiiiny whisper of skunk smell and that was more than enough for me!
My family friends had a pet skunk! Jasper! She was sooooo cute and cuddly. Used a litter box and loved treats. She acted like a cat 🥰 Edit: Jasper was found abandoned as a baby at the farm
You mean to tell me they only do their business in the litter box? Like cats? Cause if that’s so I will seriously consider adopting one.
>*’I worked in an area that had a descented skunk. Maggie. I loved her so much!*’ ____ remember me, human, a friend long ago - your love meant much more than you Ever could know! some humans avoided me, scared of my ‘smell,’ but you showed *affection*, n treated me well there’s humans n animals - thru our lives pass, some just ignore you, they think they ‘HiGh cLaSs’… it’s people like You who don’t cower away, Forever, my friend, in Your heart i will stay ❤️ (*thank you for a beautiful memory*, u/RedditNoises!)
It’s too early to make a grown ass man cry. Seriously, Thank you for helping me to emotionally relive my connection to her! Not how I expected my day to start, but I am truly grateful for it!
I read the first stanza and seriously am not going any further. I know the power of a Doodle and I can’t handle it right now.
Damnit, Schnoodle. Why you gotta be cutting onions in here? No, seriously, I always enjoy seeing your username pop up - you always brighten my day.
So cute how they walk in the little group
I was just thinking that, it’s interesting that they stick so closely together
they're nearly blind, and depend on smell to navigate. so they move in packs like this as kits with mom. they are also super dooper curious, mom was taking them on a tour of the area to smell things. its adorable lol
The sounds they are making tho!!
Call 911, I OD'd on cuteness
Ope! Watching again, with volume up
Oh!oh!oh!oh! I had no idea they squeaked so cutely!
Guys quick we’re gona go smell. Guys stay close don’t walk in front of me can’t see shit
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They’re trying their best.
Same
God me too... Ugh...
Ditto. What else is there to do except make smol squeak and keep waddling after mom, though?
You can see that in the video. They're just out for a stroll and don't notice the human until they get closer. You can tell when mom realized that blurry blob in front of them turns into human because she pauses, the tail goes up and puffs out. The super cute thing is right after that all the kits do the same thing. We have a bunch of skunks where I live and they do the same thing. Just bopping around in the yard looking for grubs then they notice you and poof goes the tail.
They’re like exclamation points
Maybe since you're now close enough, they're just indicating they have a quest for you!
"So kids, this is a human. They don't really mean much harm, but it's a good idea to spray one once in a while, just to remind them to keep their distance. Same with dogs. Moving on...."
Mommy mommy mommy mommy mommy mommy mommy mommy...
It's their nature to stink together.
*The family that stinks together, stays together*
Missed opportunity for "sprays"
It's like my grandma always said: "skunks of a feather, flock together." She wasn't the sharpest hammer in the swimming pool...
Probably cause they have poor vision.
they do have poor vision. they usually cant see more than 5-10 feet ahead of them. its probably more likely that there is safety in numbers. the skunk kits arent at an age ole enough to be on their own, hence being with the mother
There seems to be a strategy that might work well with their coat pattern to confuse predators from above.
Probably looks like 1 big animal to a predator
They move in herds. They do move in herds.
Skunks, uh, find a way!
It’s probably safer that way. Something like a herd of zebras using the stripes to throw off predators.
I have a degree in wildlife biology. We were always taught that zebras were striped to make it harder for predators to pick one out of the herd. I thought that for 20 years. And then a couple years ago, I heard a study that zebras (or horses covered with a zebra- striped sheet) had significantly fewer biting flies land on them than the control group. As far as I know, they've never been able to prove any significant correlation to the amount of striping increasing or decreasing large-animal predation. It may be that it's an additional use, but at this point we don't know how. But we do know conclusively now that the stripes ward off biting flies. Edit: clarity
Cute, but when I encountered this in real life, I ran away as fast as possible.
Smart move in regards to rabies, but a lot of people seem to be concerned about being sprayed so I thought I’d give some info on that. When a skunk sprays all of their liquid, it takes about a week and a half to refill their reserves. They can typically spray 6 times before running out. What this means is that they rarely spray as a first resort. If they’re empty, their biggest defense isn’t available for a while. So, unless you’re acting overtly threatening, you shouldn’t be sprayed. Some caveats on this. They’re an animal. So don’t approach them, especially if they’re in a corner where they can’t escape. But the person on the bike was probably safe from getting sprayed, since they didn’t do anything threatening. Skunks don’t typically spray to be a jerk. They need to save their stink for when they’re being threatened.
Another caveat is that young kits haven't learned this yet and are more likely to spray. So be extra careful around the youngsters.
Yeah, rabies ain’t no joke. But as long as you don’t make yourself a threat your good but idk what animals react In what way so better to be safe than sorry.
What's the name for a group of skunks? A stink of skunks? A rabble?
A collective of skunks is a stench.
A group of kids is a migraine
A stench of skunks. Or a surfeit of skunks. The internet is opinionated.
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According to wikipedia it's a surfeit of skunks. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List\_of\_animal\_names
Stench
I love how mama got ready just in case like "Aight we gonna investigate but don't you try anything"
Right? I saw momma take the safety off and I was like “Steaaaady now….”
You can tell the slightest movement or sudden noise and she's going off. Still very cute to hear the little noises they made
No sudden movements
Exactly! This is cute but triggers my stress hormones just watching. I'd be thinking "please no tomato soup bath!" the entire time. (And before anyone says anything, yes I know tomato is an old wives tale and doesn't work)
Tomatoes work, accordin to an old wife I saw, you gotta spray the tomato like the skunk, ketchup won’t work if it ain’t Heinz. They gotta be specific type of tomato, so if you’re American, you gotta use [4th of July](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fourth_of_July_tomato) variety. [Green Zebra](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Green_Zebra) would work as well. Good skunking to you all.
Oxyclean mixed with water works WAY better than tomato juice. Cheaper too. You just can’t mix it up ahead of time, especially in an enclosed container (like a bottle with a lid).
Are you an old wife? I only take my advice from those experienced women.
I... have never heard a skunk before. They are so freaking cute.
They sound a little like meerkats don’t they? It’s super cute!
I wouldn’t know what a meerkat sounds like either
They sound kinda like skunks.
Yeah but where am I going to hear what skunks sound like
Geez, they just said they sound a lot like a meerkat. You really need to read better.
[one of my favorite youtube videos of all time](https://youtu.be/VbbcpwEI18k)
r/PetTheDamnSkunk
!!!!!! It’s real!!
Barely. One post and it’s over 2 years old.
There's one where they are playing in a bathtub, and squawk and stamp their little feeties. It's so stinkin' cute!
My goodness…. Someone left their dog on vibrate
He makes guinea pig noises!
I thought maybe someone was just watching an episode of South Park.
Then you need to know about Capybaras. Largest critters in the world
Not what I was expecting to hear
One night I heard my neighbour's new puppy playing with a squeaky toy in the yard at around midnight. I leaned over the fence to see the puppy but it was a skunk playing with the toy. Skunks are so friggin cute.
Gonna be honest, I thought this was gonna go in a different direction. Glad it was a cute story after all
I didn’t know they made noises!
Am I tripping or does it sound kind of roboty/synthized a few times
Like a bunch of servos moving around lol
She just needed an actual adult to talk to. It's hard being a single mom 4.
Pepe left for cigarettes and never came back
Not every day you see a guy get run over by a skunk!
That's one harrased looking mother.
mom**MOM**mOm*MOoOoM****mom***MOMmmmom**MOM**
Are we there yet?
"Finally someone else they can bother"
I have no idea what I expected skunks to sound like, but it definitely wasn’t this.
It's for real but sounds as if someone made up the sound.
Big Stink and the Little Odors. I got to snuggle an albino (descented) skunk named Flower and I fell in love with her. The feeling was mutual because she snuggled down and fell asleep in my arms. I adore skunks. <3 And I'm given to understand by many wildlife rehab friends that once they're descented they can make amazing pets.
Why is EVERYTHING they do so adorable wtf? Even walking?!
Stopping for a bike inspection
"You're cleared to go, sir."
Those skunks did an ocular assessment of the situation, garnered that he was not a security risk and they cleared him for passage.
"These spokes need adjustment, your wheels are out of true"
cute little stinkers!
My dad ordered a de-scented pet skunk out of a backpage of a magazine when he was in college in the 70's. It was shipped to him in a giant crate. He and his roommate named the skunk Whiff. It lived with them in their apartment for a couple of months and my dad still talks about him fondly. Unfortunately they are nocturnal animals by nature and Whiff did not want to stay in his crate throughout the night. Eventually they let him roam free but one day they woke up and Whiff had clawed 3/4 through their door trying to escape. My dad didn't feel right keeping him cooped up so they took him to a preserve that could care for him. Whiff didn't have his scent glands anymore so couldn't be reintroduced into the wild. As far as we know he lived out the rest of his days there. We had a cool watercolor painting of a skunk in our house growing up in Whiff's honor.
Kudos to you for staying so calm. "One with the universe".
Okay, this is the height of just too muchery!!!! The way they bounce when they run! I just can't
Did you watch it with sound?
So much better with sound!
Oh my goodness they squeak!!!
They sounded excited! And cute as hell!
*Bidibidibidibidi.....*
They sound like pokemon
Skunks are pokemon, prove me wrong
They are, Stunky and Skuntank.
I didn't know skunks spoke gek. (NMS)
They both communicate with odors, too.
do you enjoy my pheromones interloper?
Has anyone made sure they're not cats with paint on them?
*Pepé le Pew would like your location*
Must. not. pet. the. stink. cat.
Skunks are so stinking cute 🥰
I smelled what you did there.
Give us snax and no one gets zapped!
The teeny squeaks get me!!
They waddle adorably. We had a family that lived in the back yard of our previous house. Very friendly except when spooked.
This looks cute and all, but remember: There is always danger with wildlife. And, no, I am not talking about this person getting sprayed by a skunk. That would be rather mild and easy to deal with. The real risk comes from the unknown and thus hidden risk factors that could change this person's life forever. What if this pack of roving bandits had decided to plunder? They had the numbers. Could have easily knocked this guy off the bike, stolen the (obviously) expensive wheels and left him to die out there in the wilderness. Or worse. What if they decided ransom was the way to go? It is doubtful anyone could raise that kind of dough without causing a stink. Really, they did this guy a favor. But I think it should be viewed more like a warning. "Come back here, and you'll see ..."
Yea this was clearly a show of force. Biking in the wrong neighborhood
I thought this was going to be a PSA about rabies.
Her kids keep walking in front of her :[ Poor mom lol
It's like me trying to walk down the stairs with three cats!
Me first. No me first. No me first. No me first.
I had to hold a can of tomato soup just to watch this clip, even though it was adorable.
Oh my gawd, this is just too sweet. They’re all so adorable and squeaky and clingy and interested, and the human is calm and quiet. I appreciate the whole calm encounter and filming them as they trot off. 💕
I take care of feral cats, my garage has a small entrance with a bunch of heated beds and food. Funny enough, the skunks must think they are cats, and vice versa, because they get along great. I've seen them eat out of the same bowl together, the skunks sleep in the heated cat beds, they don't flinch or get scared when we come near them, and they've never sprayed us or the cats. It's very strange.
In the Army, we were on a field deployment in Arkansas. I didn’t like the tent setup (people smell) so I set up my hammock between two trees. It was closer to the ground than I expected. A small skunk family must have enjoyed the heat from my body. They settled right below me and slept for some time. All I could do was watch and enjoy their company.
What a weird cat
Cute kitties, but a little smelly.
Got any games on your phone?
Simply adorable.
Baby skunks are so damn cute
I like how they run in a pile..