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Mephitis mephitis
An overall black body with two white stripes down the back that extends onto the tail.
Found all over North America in woodlands and grasslands.
Some graduate students put traps out to catch carnivores. After we caught this guy, we opened the door to let him go, and of course he didn't want to leave. We tried making lots of noise towards the back of the trap, and finally after 10 minutes he came running out, which is what the first two pictures are. We also all got sprayed, it was quite disgusting!
Spotted on Mar 31, 2013
Submitted on Apr 4, 2013
2 Comments
Haha well we almost left him there with the trap open then were going to come back later to avoid being sprayed, but one girl decided to move some debris off the top of the trap so the skunk would see it more opened up. That scared him enough to eject a green cloud of nasty at her, and it continued to flow from him as he ran from the trap so we all got it. Was pretty funny though ;)
Oh. My. God. I was about to ask how you got him out without getting sprayed, until I read the last line. You are brave souls! I can't imagine how bad that must have been! Who drew the short straw?