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Life Cycle. Mating- Late February,and early MarchBabies are born in the denbabies are born 2 months after mating babies are 4 inches when born 18 babies in the same litter. Habitat/Shelter. North AmericaCanada, U.S, and MexicoDesertsFarmlandsForestsRiver valleysHollow TreesThe mother nurs
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1. Skunk By:
Donald Duffy
November 2007
2. Life Cycle Mating- Late February,and early March
Babies are born in the den
babies are born 2 months after mating
babies are 4 inches when born
18 babies in the same litter
3. Habitat/Shelter North America
Canada, U.S, and Mexico
Deserts
Farmlands
Forests
River valleys
Hollow Trees
The mother nurses her young for 1hafeofa month
4. Diet Corn, grass
Fruits like-apples and berries
Cray fish,Minnow Frogs, Lizards, Snakes
Cottontail rabbits
Duck eggs, Loon eggs and Turtle eggs
Chipmunks, Rats, Voles, Shrews, Mice
Birds
Dead animals
5. Adaptations Stinky spray-scare predators
Long front callas
2 lairs of fur coat to keep it worm
Sprays 12 feet(4 Meters)
Spray is called musk
Growls and stomps it’s feet to scare predators
Black and white stripes
6. Fun Facts Striped Skunk, Spotted Skunk and Hog Nose Skunk
Enemies are Bobcats and Great Horned Owls
13to18 inches long
3to10 pounds
Skunks can help farmer by eating harmful insects
People shooed not kill Skunks for fur
7. Works Cited NatureWorks http://nbptv.org
The New Book of Knowledge
Skunks by Dingwall