Type your answer here... whoa.....a long time. We have had one under a shed for a couple weeks. can't remove it without blowing up the shed! I pray for a Montana winter below zero to be rid of this smell! I have heard that it takes a year or more.
They do not play dead and even if one did then just throw a rock or something near it and you will find out...
Of course skunks can have babies. If they couldn't their species would have died out long ago.
I think it's "play on the swing".
Skunks spray when they feel threatened, so if the skunk is already dead, there would be no reason to spray.
about on foot long and 6 inches wide
Because live ones squeal when you stick the fork in.
Skunks emit their odor by mixing two chemicals together, if you can run over one without busting the sacks and mixing the chemicals together and it dies quickly so it doesn't spray, they will not smell any worse than other dead animals.
a skunks gestation period is 62-66 days
Skunks have long been classified as a subfamily of the weasel family (Mustelidae). Genetic data, however, suggest placement of skunks in their own family, Mephitidae (mephitis being Latin for “bad odour”).
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how long befor skunks die without food?
a skunks gestation period is 62-66 days