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Skunks
What ground land animal best represents surveillance and attack?
Is a possum a mustelid?Which animal destroys crops?Do farmers like skunks?Which animals help the farmers?What is the difference between an opossum an...
What other animals are in this family Mephitidae?
Mephitidae is a family of mammals comprising the skunks and stink badgers. They are noted for the great development of their anal scent glands, which ...
What is the preadtor of a skunk?
Coyotes, foxes, dogs, bobcats, mountain lions, badgers and big owls can all eat skunks but rarely do. Gehrt's research shows that less than 5 percent ...
How many babies do skunks normally have?
Skunks typically have a single litter of four to six babies in May-June; skunks den in old woodchuck burrows, hollow logs, wood or rock piles, or unde...
What are the enemies of skunks?
What are some predators of Skunks? Predators of Skunks include owls, coyotes, and wild cats. What is a skunk's worst enemy?What animal can kill a skun...
What behavior allows raccoon's skunks and woodchucks to survive for extended periods of time without food or water?
Torpor: is a state of decreased activity in an animal, usually caused by a reduced body temperature and metabolic rate. This enables the animal to sur...
What do scunks eat?
Food/Diet. A skunk's diet largely depends on availability. In the spring and summer, a skunk's diet mostly consists of grasshoppers, bees, beetles, be...
Are skunks offsprings?
Female skunks give birth every year. Their gestation period often lasts around two months and they give birth to two to 10 offspring at a time. Baby s...
Do skunks hybernate?
Snoozing The Cold While skunks do not fully hibernate, skunks enter at times of extreme cold or excessive snowfall a state called torpor. ... However,...