The Dance of the Spotted Skunk These dances are performed by spotted skunks, a group of four species distinct from the more familiar striped skunk (Mephitis mephitis). In the video above, a ...

A skunk was filmed performing a bizarre “dance” on night cameras set up by the National Park Service in Arizona. Skunks exhibit this behaviour to scare off predators, the National Park Service ...

Skunks are notorious for their noxious spray, but they are also fascinating for many other reasons, from handstand dances to interspecies roommates.

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A wildlife camera at an Arizona national park captured footage of a show-off spotted skunk performing a handstand to intimidate the device.

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Animals Watch: Skunk does handstand, 'dances' in front of wildlife camera The FWC says its biologists are working to learn more on skunks and put cameras out to study them.

A skunk was spotted making some serious dance moves but the reason behind why is more dangerous than you might think.

But it's not for your entertainment! The National Park Service says the spotted skunk will do this in an attempt to intimidate any would-be aggressors.

Better to intimidate a predator away than need to spray him. 2. Skunks do a little warning dance. If the stripes don’t work, a skunk will try to scare off a predator with a complex warning dance.

The video was taken this summer by an unmanned camera in Happy Valley in Saguaro National Park in Arizona, showing a spotted skunk standing on its hands and awkwardly dancing around.