Everything you want to know about skunks

Even if you’ve never seen one…you’ve probably smelled one. Vicki takes a look at the secret life of skunks, thanks to animal curator Bunny Watson and Scarlet, the resident skunk at the Museum of Science in Boston.

Want to know more about skunks? Check out this fact file:

-Weight: Up to 14 pounds

-Average lifespan in the wild: 3 years

-Diet: Fruit, plants, insects, small mammals and sometimes fish

-Skunks usually nest in burrows constructed by other animals, but can also make homes in hollowed logs and abandoned buildings

-Females give birth to between two and ten young a year

-Asian stink badgers were recently added to the skunk family