Baby Skunk

Cute little stinker.

I'm guilty of baby talking our pets, but MAN was it annoying listening to hers (as I'm sure anyone listening to my own would be annoyed).
Cute lil skunk though :D

Sure, the skunk in the video is cute, but skunks aren't as cute when they come in to your fenced backyard and spray your dog in the face and 2 in the morning. At that particular moment, I would not have shed a tear if every skunk in the world instantly dropped dead.

Seriously, ignore the cuteness of the vid and answer the question, what purpose to skunks serve in the grand scheme?

To keep us humble?

I thought her babytalking was actually a little hot.

And skunks serve the purpose of showing bears who's boss and keeping them from getting too big an ego. Because all bears are bastards. Especially Polar Bears.

"what purpose to skunks serve in the grand scheme?" - To spray dogs in the face at 2AM. It's a living.

Their spray glands can be removed.

The lovely cosmic alignment of a user named "stankstain" asking what purpose skunks serve.

Totally made my 3 o'clock hour.

A skunk sprayed my cat once, but I still think this little skunk is cute.

Heh - we have a family of skunks that had a small litter this year. I filmed them put up the vids on youtube, and someone flagged the vids.
I took them down.
But seeing the family do their thing, looking for grubs, and the baby ones making their little squeak chirp noises...well just as cute as two little bunnies in paper cups.

"A skunk sprayed my cat once"

There - does there really need to be more reasons then that for a skunks existence?

Perferrably with the scent gland removed.

And dont tell me to buy a different pet cause Im gonna buy a skunk! :]

Please give me websites for where I can buy baby skunks in Cincinnati Ohio.

Pet bred skunks usually have their scent glands taken out when they're very young and the glands are still immature or something like that. So when they're taken out, there's absolutely no smell left behind.
Yes, I looked it up a while ago b/c I would love a skunk pet lol.

I want one! Too bad most states don't allow you to have skunks as pets. :(

Cute little thing.

Actually skunks do serve a purpose as mother natures cleanup crew and A skunk would rather run and hide than use its best form of defence, which is spraying. When forced to do so, they emit a small amount of putrid odor to defend themselves. They are extremely passive agressive, much like a porcupine. I sometimes wish I could emit the same putrid stench to slow moving waitresses that never refill my coffee in the morning. :) We loved goober and he was so playful. He would even give hugs and whine when he wanted to be held. I was very lucky to have him in my life for the time I did and I will be forever changed. I am one of those people who now drives a little slower at night down the highway watching for wildlife on the roads just because of him and he showed me that wildlife and animals can successfully coexist:)