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Skunks are well known for their stink, but do you know they try not to use this defense as much as possible? Skunks live in the Americas and are most closely related to stink badgers - no relation to just badgers. Skunks are usually black and white in color, though they can also come in shades of brown or even solid colors. The typical skunk pattern is a type of 'aposematic coloration' which warns predators to stay away! Scientific Name: Family - Mephitidae Range: the Americas Size: a bit smaller than a house cat on average Diet: fruits, small animals, insects Lifespan: 5 years old ✨ Animal Fact Files Patreon Supporters get early access to videos, get their video requests moved to the top of our request list, and more! ✨ 👉   / animalfactfiles   You can learn more on: Twitter -   / animalfactfiles   Facebook -   / animalfactfiles   --- Image and Video Credits: Dale Bohlke -    • Skunk Dance   Micro Homesteaders -    • Good Afternoon Mam | Skunk vs Groundhog   Stephen Sela -    • Hooded Skunk   hikingmal -    • Skunk caught a small animal trail camera v...   Sparkling Gems -    • *Sweet Little Skunk*   Ostdrossel -    • Nightly visitor - a skunk   Flickr: James Gates - https://www.flickr.com/photos/jgates5... USFWS Midwest Region - https://www.flickr.com/photos/usfwsmi... https://www.flickr.com/photos/usfwsmi... USFWS Mountain-Prairie - https://www.flickr.com/photos/usfwsmt... https://www.flickr.com/photos/usfwsmt... https://www.flickr.com/photos/usfwsmt... gardener41 - https://www.flickr.com/photos/gardene... Inao - https://www.flickr.com/photos/inaovas... Cephas - https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fi... Danmation - https://vimeo.com/175600006; https://vimeo.com/234762581; https://vimeo.com/235856644 Rob Gonzalez - https://vimeo.com/16486917 William Warrior - https://vimeo.com/399568096 Dave Bonta - https://vimeo.com/783023 Daniel Cross - https://vimeo.com/191815357 Research Credits: https://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRp... https://www.google.com/books/edition/... https://www.google.com/books/edition/... https://www.google.com/books/edition/... https://www.google.com/books/edition/... https://www.google.com/books/edition/... https://www.google.com/books/edition/... https://www.google.com/books/edition/... https://animaldiversity.org/accounts/... https://www.pbs.org/wnet/nature/is-th... https://nhpbs.org/wild/mephitidae.asp https://www.sciencedirect.com/topics/... https://www.livescience.com/55151-sku...