Skunk's Strategy Not Just Black And White. ScienceDaily. Retrieved June 3, 2025 from www.sciencedaily.com / releases / 2009 / 11 / 091111092053.htm. University of California - Davis.

Unfortunately, neither black-and-white warning colors nor the squatty body of a skunk provides any protection when the predator is a 4,000-pound vehicle barreling down the highway.

Predators that have experience with skunks avoid them both because of their black-and-white coloration and their distinctive body shape, according to UC Davis wildlife researcher Jennifer Hunter. The ...

I have to say, as far as oddities in the outdoors, the nearly all-white skunk tops the list. I have to say, ... If one looks closely, the black part of the creature's face can be seen in the photo.

The babies are born with black and white ... I call him Blackie cause he doesn't have a white tip. - [Narrator] With 30 to 80 skunk ... But only the skunk family has raised the anal spray to an art.

Black fur with white stripes – we all know the striped skunk. But stripey has a smaller, lesser-known cousin that lives in Washington, too. Cute as a polka-dot button, he’s also a gymnast.

Predators with experience of skunks avoid them both because of their black-and-white coloration and their distinctive body shape, a new study has found.