A 2-year-old Massachusetts girl is recovering after a rabid skunk attacked her at a family barbecue after running at the toddler’s mother and grandmother, according to reports.

WEYMOUTH, Mass. — A 2-year-old girl was attacked by a skunk in her family's backyard and Weymouth Animal Control told the family that the animal tested positive for rabies.

The skunk was dangling from the baby’s legs. She was screaming, they were both screaming, I was screaming,” the girl’s grandmother said. “Her mother swooped in and grabbed her.

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The Raven Ridge Wildlife Center admitted 27 baby skunks in June, including five being found underneath a shed. Skip ... and to warn their babies of a threat, female skunks often stomp and hiss.

Each female skunk typically has one litter, while male skunks can father multiple litters. Usually, each litter produces four to six baby skunks in May or June. Baby skunks are called kits.

That’s fourteen tiny bundles of cuteness keeping their paws full,” Cheyenne Mountain Zoo wrote in a post on Facebook announcing the baby skunks’ arrival.

Female skunks who are not interested in the aggressive pursuit of a male suitor might use their spray as a last-ditch effort to ward them off. ... the embryo implants and grows into a baby skunk.

When is skunk mating season in Ohio? 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 ...