If you’re still too close, the skunk will turn around, raise its tail as a warning ... targets nearly 10 feet away and skunks can spray up to six times in a row. It takes them several days ...

The rest of the tail is a mixture of black and white ... and may extend underground for distances up to 15 m (50 ft). A striped skunk may push or pull dried leaves or grasses for bedding material into ...