3 types of skunks you must know
1>The Striped Skunk
Measures as mush as 40 inches in length. A white stripes that run along its back, all the way to its tail.Sometimes the white stripes on its back are short or absent. The Striped Skunk lives along the edge of forests, in thickets, in open meadows, or in aban-doned burrows of other animals. It feeds at night. The young of Striped Skunks are blind and helpless at birth.
2>The Spotted Skunk, or Civet cat
It is a smallest of the skunks, has stripes broken into short white lines. when warning intruders, this skunk may stand on its front legs, holding its back erect and waving its white-tipped tail. This peculiar hand-stand posture sometimes frightens enemies away, and the skunks do not then emit their odour. Spotted skunks range from Central America to the central United States. Because they sometimes have rabies, once known as hydro-phobia, they also called phoby cats.
3>Hog-nosed skunks
It have long claws on their front feed and a long, partially bare snout, somewhat like that of a hog With this they root in the ground for insects and worms. A broad band of white runs from the head down the back to the white tail. As large as the Striped Skunk, they are found from the southern united States to South America.
General info about skunks:
Skunks are famed for their unique pro-tection --- a potent, foul smell ---- the fluid from large scent-glands under the tail. They can eject this fluid for a considerable distance.
These black and white carnivores will stamp their feet, hiss, and raise their tails to warn intruders. If an intruder is not frightened, the skunk squirts out the scent.
Skunks are found only in the New World. Their scent-glands are better developed than those of any other members of the weasel family, to which they belong. Skunks feed on small rodents, insects, birds' eggs, and sometimes on plant material.
These black and white carnivores will stamp their feet, hiss, and raise their tails to warn intruders. If an intruder is not frightened, the skunk squirts out the scent.
Skunks are found only in the New World. Their scent-glands are better developed than those of any other members of the weasel family, to which they belong. Skunks feed on small rodents, insects, birds' eggs, and sometimes on plant material.
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