Search results
Results From The WOW.Com Content Network
The earliest fossil finds attributable to Mephitis were found in the Broadwater site in Nebraska, dating back to the early Pleistocene less than 1.8 million years ago. By the late Pleistocene (70,000–14,500 years ago), the striped skunk was widely distributed throughout the southern United States, and it expanded northwards and westwards by the Holocene (10,000–4,500 years ago) following ...
Skunk is also used to refer to certain strong-smelling strains of Cannabis whose smell has been compared to that of a skunk's spray. Description Skunk species vary in size from about 15.6 to 37 in (40 to 94 cm) long and in weight from about 1.1 lb (0.50 kg) (spotted skunks) to 18 lb (8.2 kg) ( hog-nosed skunks ).
Skunk mating season in Ohio begins in February and continues until the end of March. Each female skunk typically has one litter, while male skunks can father multiple litters.
Mr. P. U. Skunk Wild Kratts: A western spotted skunk that first showed in Skunked!. He used his skunk stink defense on a mountain lion and to help Chris and Martin get the Tortuga back from Zach, who was trying to steal their data and inventions, which the Wild Kratts soon stopped him from doing so with "Skunk Powers!" Pepé Le Pew: Looney Tunes
Skunk mating season in Ohio begins in February and continues until the end of March. Each female skunk typically has one litter, while male skunks can father multiple litters.
The striped skunk, scientifically known as Mephitis mephitis, is often found in neighborhoods. NJ Pest Control said these skunks are similar in size to a typical house cat.
Most mephitids are 20–50 cm (8–20 in) long, plus a 10–40 cm (4–16 in) tail, though the pygmy spotted skunk can be as small as 11 cm (4 in) plus a 7 cm (3 in) tail, and some striped skunks can be up to 82 cm (32 in) plus a 40 cm (16 in) tail.
Male impalas fighting during the rut or breeding season The rut (from the Latin rugire , meaning "to roar") is the mating season of certain mammals, which includes ruminants such as deer , sheep , camels , goats , pronghorns , bison , giraffes and antelopes , and extends to others such as skunks and elephants .