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Located in Frampton, Canada, the Miller Zoo is home to many animals, including their newest residents, some adorable baby skunks. They shared a video of the two on Wednesday, June 26th.
In the US, skunks can legally be kept as pets in 17 states. [41] When a skunk is kept as a pet, its scent glands are often surgically removed. [41] A pet albino skunk on a walk. In the UK, skunks can be kept as pets, [42] but the Animal Welfare Act 2006 made it illegal to remove their scent glands. [43]
In Southern United States dialect, the term polecat is sometimes used as a colloquial nickname for the skunk, which is part of the family Mephitidae. [ 2 ] Despite their common name, polecats are related more closely to dogs than to cats.
Eastern spotted skunks usually breed in March or April and give birth in late May or early June. [9] On average the female skunk gives birth to 4–5 baby skunks (kits) at a time. It takes twelve weeks before newborn skunks will become fully developed into adult skunks and two months before they develop skunk musk to use as self-defense.
A skunk purchased from a Michigan breeder tested positive for rabies. Here's what to know. Click to learn.
On the other, note Jane Bone's comment: Baby skunks are not puppies or kittens and cannot be raised as such! They have been bred not for their personality, but for their fur. They are rejects from a fur farm and require more handling than puppies or kittens. — Nathanlarson32767 17:36, 17 Jan 2005 (UTC)
The striped polecat (Ictonyx striatus), also called the African polecat, zoril, zorille, zorilla, Cape polecat, and African skunk, is a member of the family Mustelidae that resembles a skunk (of the family Mephitidae). [3] The name "zorilla" comes from the Spanish word "zorillo", meaning "skunk", itself a diminutive form of the Spanish "zorro ...
A Tennessee woman who believed she was rescuing a lost kitten was surprised when she found out the creature was actually a baby bobcat. The ordeal began on Sept. 20, when Jill Hicks, who was ...