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Striped skunk

Mephitis mephitis

Photo by Aaron_G
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EOL: Mephitis mephitis, Striped skunk

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Comments (6)
Aaron_G
According to the Wikipedia link: "By eight days, the young’s musk odor can be emitted." I'm sure they can't spray accurately or anything until they're slightly older, but they're sure loaded early on!
KarenL
Can they "skunk" you at this age?
HemaShah
Actually these a re very slow moving.They carry Rabies though. i find them cute.
Aaron_G
It's worth noting that these images are NOT cropped. I crawled right up to the little bugger. :-)

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BioBlitz! Oklahoma
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National Geographic's Great Nature Project
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PublishedJanuary 7, 2012

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