Bat's Skunk Facts

Bat's Skunk Facts

A plush skunk will travel from room to room during our reading window.  While the skunk is in their classroom, the class is invited to research a fact about skunks.  The facts will be displayed on a bulletin board in the library and added to this web page.

Mrs. Stegmann's Class - Because of their stinky, oily spray, skunks have few predators.  The smell takes days to go away.

Mrs. Peterson's Class - Skunks can spray 10 to 15 feet away.

Mrs. Combs' Class - Baby skunks weigh about 1 ounce when they are born.

Mrs. Whitaker's Class - Not all skunks are striped...some have spots or are almost all white.

Mrs. Wehmeyer's Class - Did you know... when a young skunk hibernates it wakes up as a grown up?

Mrs Gibbs' Class - Spotted skunks are the smartest skunks.  Spotted skunks are the smallest skunk species.  Skunks live in deserts and woodlands.

Ms. Cerutti's Class - Skunks can shoot their smelly musk 10 to 15 feet.

Ms. Snider's Class - When skunks are babies they can't spray!

Mrs. Heath's Class - Skunks find food at night.

Ms. Murphy's Class - No two spotted skunks have the exact same spot pattern.  The patterns are as individual as fingerprints on humans!

Mrs. Tusler's Class - Skunks can spray 10-15 feet (as long as a truck)! Yikes!

Mrs. Westerfeld's Class - Skunks eat mice, bugs, and plants.

Mrs. Simmon's Class - Kits spray a stinky spray when they are scared or in danger.

Mrs. Salyer's Class - Did you know that skunks can eat cheeseburgers?

Ms. Pardo's Class - The skunk has 2 layers of fur.  The outer layer has very long hairs.  Female skunks may share a den in cold weather.

Mrs Beem's Class - Father skunks do not help raise their offspring.

Ms. Cunningham's Class - Skunks can spray stinky spray at you - watch out!!

Miss Poertner's Class - One of the most powerful defense weapons - a yellow musk.  Skunks live in open fields and in bushy or wooded areas.  Skunks are a mammal.  The skunk's scientific name is Mephitis Mephitis which means bad smell.  The white stripe on the a skunk warns others to stay away.  Skunks are omnivores.  They eat plants and animals.

Mrs. Mulvaney's Class - Skunk babies are called kits.  Skunks sleep during the day.

Miss Hamilton's Class - Horned owls prey on skunks because they can't smell well.

Mrs. Fisher's Class - The hog nosed skunk got its peculiar name from its large nose, which looks like a pig's snout.

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