Debate on Skunks: Skunks

» ConnieT - Skunks

Sorry I didn't post earlier but I was away for a bit.

I live in the country and I can assure you skunks do spray especially if threatened. They will usually give you a warning before they spray.
The chemical skunks spray at their enemies is a sulfur compound called N- bulymercaptan. It is ejected in a fanlike pattern from two small openings near the animal's rectum. The glands that produce the chemical hold enough for five or six full-powered sprays.

Skunks are not born with rabies either. They contract rabies from other animals. I read somewhere that coyotes are the most common carrier of rabies.

Some people actually keep skunks as pets, though I can't imagine why! As a pet, they are desented about a month after birth.

-- posted by ConnieT