This noxious mammal broadcasts it's potency not only with it's mal-lingering odour but also with it's bold, basic colour scheme of black with white stripes. Pay attention! and give the Striped Skunk a respectful distant or you will be sprayed with a stink you won't soon forget! In the wild the Striped Skunk occupies a variety of habitats. It can even give the urban dweller a fright since it eats garbage and raids gardens. The Striped Skunk is a creature of variety, so appropriately it is an omnivore, eating everything from green vegetation, insects and small mammals to carrion.

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