We Love Baby Skunks
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Today our baby skunks "graduated" from their dog crate den. They now enjoy a more spacious play area inside Harmony's neonate building. They will stay inside just a bit longer, then move into an outdoor pre-release enclosure. We love watching them play and wrestle - every animal has a unique, hilarious personality.
I used to do skunk rescue and I raised 8 baby skunks in my one bedroom apartment one year. All but one were returned to the wild. The last one just loved humans too much, and ended up as an education animal which visited schools to teach kids about wildlife. They are awesome animals.
If you raise them, they don’t spray ? Thank you
@@ronaldmejia6891 they remove their scent glands so they don't/can't spray when they're being raised by people
@@Hyraladen They wouldn’t have removed their scent glands if they were being rehabbed. A skunk without its scent glands would be screwed in the wild
@@NeoCreo1 oh Jeez I know they wouldn't remove their scent glands if they're being rehabbed 🙄 obviously that'd be a death sentence for the skunk... I thought Ronald's comment was about raising them as pets, and if that's what he really means, then yes, their scent glands would be removed. If not, then rehabbers keep their distance when raising baby animals to later release in the wild so they don't imprint on humans
@@ronaldmejia6891 They can spray....but they didn't because we kept a very calm, peaceful environment and human interaction to a bare minimum.
I love how they act like tiny RC cars, their tails being the antenna, they're almost always on the verge of flipping over, so cute!
Yeah! And they never stopped, especially the little crazy guy on the left.
Bumper car kitten
😂👍🥰👏😍
@@sexygirlmax2019 They were seriously like little kittens. Just so much freaking fun to watch!
Remote controlled spunks! 🙂
I love how they just look like balls of walking fluff
Me too! They were about the size of tennis balls when we took this video.
they always look like theyre full of static electricity 😂
My dad told me a story about the time he was riding his motorcycle and had to stop and let a mother skunk lead her babies across the road and he really stressed how cute and floofy they were just zipping in a line across the road, tails held high.
@@Just1Nora Have you seen this video? It's one my faves! kzhead.info/sun/qdezh9eRhpakg58/bejne.htmlsi=ijEOJITy3sv0TBvJ
This might sound ignorant, but I really did not know that skunk stripes could come in such varying widths! It’s so cute how different each one looked from each other. 🥰
I had a beautiful skunk that lived behind my house that was mostly white with a thin black stripe.
Not ignorant at all! We used the stripe patterns to help identify them, it was super handy.
I was just thinking the same thing. They are really cute and have beautiful markings.
I thought the same thing! They all have their own unique white markings, so cute. 🤍🖤
Yeah I didn’t know either
I love how their tails stick straight up awww
Me too! They thought they were so fierce LOL LOL LOL.
Little bumper cars
@@Tson-nr9rw Yeah, and it was nonstop!
@dragonluvver975 Yes. This is to allow the wretched creatures to spray their vile stench.
Stinky or not, they're cute
Little furry bumper cars 😂. These feet are neat. Looks like they was having a fun time being Little stinkers. 💜
I love this comment so much!!!!!
awww stinkers 🥺
Lol-love the bumper cars imagery!
Furry bumper cars!! I love it!❤
Bebeh stinkers!
Awe! They are practicing their stomps! How adorable
Yes! They started stomping really early LOL.
Someone's trying to stomp his/her way to being the baby boss skunk.
this is the literal definition of stinking cute 😂
😂😂
I was a wildlife rehabber for over 10 years and skunks are one of my favorites! They are so darn cute and have the cutest sassy personalities!!!!
Oh I call the guy marked with the blue right ear "Mister Sassypants." They are such amazing creatures, we're so privileged to be able to care for them. They were weaned and moved the pre-release enclosure this week so we're excited to be near the rehab finish line.
Today I learned skunks can be sassy!😂 🦨
do the rescue skunks get their scent gland removes or they keep them? just wondering cuz it feels wrong to remove these glands but it would be weird working with them knowing they could spray xD@@HarmonyWildlife
@@kimreika5456 Nope! We actually released them on beautiful properties so they can live their best wild lives, and they needed to be able to spray. I am happy to report that none of the humans were sprayed, even after caring for them for months. We were very careful and intentional about keeping a calm, quiet atmosphere, minimizing contact, and never surprising them when we did have to handle them. They were perfect!
wonderful
OMG but why are they so freaking cute?? They look like fluff balls with tails
They are ridiculous, Katherine.
@@HarmonyWildlife so is the difference in coloration like a unique fingerprint? Or is it by gender…I know other black and white animals-like orcas-have unique markings
@@gildedpeahen876This was a great question and I just looked it up. There are a couple of common stripe patterns and so it's just a genetic luck of the draw which one a skunk will get (in fact, skunks bred to be pets are often selectively bred to produce different stripe markings than their wild counterparts). There's no difference in coloration between males and females.
They’re not freaking cute; they’re STINKING cute! 😅
When a mommy skunk got hit on the road we adopted the babies at my grandparents farm. Better than a guard dog. They weren't at all mean but for some reason salesmen would just turn around and leave 😂
I wonder why!! 😂😂😂 Very funny!
Last summer i rescued 6 little adorable baby skunks from my neighbor's window well, when nobody else would. It made me feel so good to take them to a sanctuary to get a new chance at life. They reported that they were all doing great! 🥰
You are a wonderful human and we applaud you!!!😍
God bless you for doing that. Thank you. 🙏🏻
@@aprilromas8555 Awww, thank you Darlin! 🥰✌️
@@HarmonyWildlife Awww, thank you kindly, you made my day 🥰❤️
If there is anything cuter, I don’t know what it is. Thank you to the folks who are saving these precious little treasures!!!
The honor is ours! We love our work.
Ever seen a baby tapir??😍😍😍
I've never thought how baby skunks played, they're quite cute fluffy little ones 😊❤
I know, they are like kittens!
I was outside one day on a break and heard a lot of noise in the bushes near by. Then I saw flashes of black and white. I kept watching, as a mother skunk walked out of the bushes with 6 babies behind her. They were adorable! Mum and babies had their tails held high as they walked. The last 3 got scared and rushed back to the bushes while mum and the first 3 walked a few hundred feet to another wooded area. Then mum came rushing back for the timid 3. It was sweet watching them! I spoke softly to them the entire time to let mum know I was there, and not a threat to her family. I was a lovely moment that I will probably never again experience.
It's so unfair how CUTE baby skunks are!!
I had the great privilege of filming a bunch of these cute little guys behind my house last summer. They came out of the den to greet me. I never saw the momma. I went back to the house and got a can of sardines and my video camera. It was so much fun watching them scarfing down those sardines! I love how they do their little advance.. retreat.. advance...retreat maneuver. Its meant as a scare tactic...but just ends up being adorable!! 😊😄👍
Aw, what a wonderful experience!
wouldnt sardines be too salty for them as food?or for any animal for that matter-like bad for their health with all that salt
@@6yHaP Certainly not with barely one sardine per skunk. Probably real hungry, scrounging for snails and such. Momma is in the den all day, and they have to wait for dark for her to take them out foraging. Just finding the odd insect around the den. They face a far greater danger from my neighbors with guns, and traps! Ever see James Blackwood the Racoon whisperers channel? 😳
@@nbmooselovers no, but i will check it out,thanks for the tip
@@6yHaP Your welcome. The reason I mentioned his channel is wait till you see the food he feeds his pet raccoons. A lot of salt in hot dogs! 😁
Sometimes the internet is amazing. From Red Pandas bouncing, through Snow Leopard zoomies & bats eating bananas to baby skunks stomping. These are things I didn't realise I needed until I found them.
Yes, and this video never gets old. Every time I watch it I smile!
The Internet has brought some negatives, but it shines nowhere better than in educating people on animals and their welfare. I believe negative comment sections hurting video monetization have let KZheadrs in other countries know that scaring a cat to death for a laugh won't land, and nothing will 'not interested' a video faster than an elephant with a chain on it's leg. It's fantastic. 🤗
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Look at them scooting around with their little cuteness antennas standing at attention, broadcasting adorable to the world.
This is the dose of cuteness I needed today, thank you. ❤
So incredibly cute, sassy little furballs play threatening each other with their booty guns..😍😂😘
These little babies are adorable. I noticed they each have different patterns on their coats. If a skunk is not startled or threatened they won't spray. My husband caught one in a catchum alive trap on our back porch. We weren't sure how to release it without getting sprayed. I called a vet and he said get a long pole and run it throught the handle of the trap and GENTLY carry it to where we wanted to release it. We used the long pole to lift the latch on the trap, again GENTLY, and opened the trap. The little critter calmly walked out and looked at us as if to say "Thank you". He didn't seem to be the least bit upset being in the trap. It may have been that there was some cat food that he really seemed to be enjoying. If that had not worked I was going to go after the vet (a good friend) with a can of fart spray.😂😂😂 Be safe everyone and enjoy some of the beautiful wildlife.
Exactly! Sounds like he had a good meal.
@@HarmonyWildlife how do they smale?
@@user-xi5ej4ox5s?
@@user-xi5ej4ox5s У них был слабый мускусный запах, но он не был неприятным. Они никогда не распылялись!
@@HarmonyWildlife а на что похожа газовая атака взрослого скунса?
The Little Whiffers are too precious!!!
IN MY VIEW First time seeing baby skunks. Each has a different black and white pattern making them singular cuties.
"I'll spray ya...I'll spray ya..." ADORABLE!
That one doing the scoot/stamp dance: "WHY WON'T ANYONE DEBATE ME?"
Baby skunks are the absolute cutest. Little mischief makers! My then-boyfriend and I once spotted a mama and her babies feasting outside a fast food place. We carefully pulled into a parking spot and watched them for ages. They were the funniest little things, chasing around and being chaotic little fluffballs.
I remember as a kid camping and a skunk wandered into the camp. Everyone stayed still like statues while it made its way in, through and out the camp.
Oh, soo cute!! ❤ I had a skunk family that I fed yrs ago, and when they'd come up to the porch, the tiny Babies would be hiding under Mama's tail, peeking out at me! Soo precious!!
I know! They are such unappreciated animals, we love them so much.
They are ridiculously cute!
Like all small children 😀
@@austejaluko I know they were just the cutest little fuzz balls!
I had never seen a baby skunk till now but they are absolutely adorable🦨❤🦨
Baby skunks are just all kinds of adorable!
It was nonstop! 💜
Fluffiness overload! I like the different stripes on each of them.
Yes! That was how we tell them apart!
Baby skunks are so cute and really funny to watch. I've had a few litters with their mom. And then they disappear being killed by nasty humans that think they shouldn't be allowed to live, cause they spray when startled/ trapped. Otherwise they don't and I've played outside with a few and stomped back. Its too funny!❤
Боже, какие очаровательные и энергичные пушистики 😍🥰
Да! Они играли весь день.
Oh my goodness,so many fluffy furry little cuties
Funny looking kittens you got there
The smell of skunk, like on a country road, is one thing - I don't mind it actually - but point blank is another thing entirely. Two quick stories: when we lived in the city, unbeknownst to us, a skunk was wandering across our gated driveway early one morning. Our German Shepherds startled it when we let them out. Got the dogs of course, and the front of my truck (it looks like chewing tobacco spit). Drifted down the vents of mine and my neighbor's clothes dryers and were we in for a rude surprise next time we used our dryers! It took special descenting stuff that a coworker used for hunting to get the smell off the truck. Next time was after we moved to a place next to woods and fields. In 25 years there's been only one skunk incident but my dog, Phil, got it right in the face. It was later in the evening and nothing to do but run to the grocery for cans and cans of tomato juice until we could get to an open pet shop in the morning. He was a very long coat German Shepherd and he stunk, especially when it rained, for months after that. But the point blank smell is something one wouldn't even recognize, like burning wire insulation. It's truly dreadful. 😷
Tomato juice doesn't work. Vinegar, baking soda and peroxide.
@@donnahilton471 Dish detergent baking soda and hydrogen peroxide worked when our cat got sprayed by a skunk. Soak your pet with this mixture, let soak in for 15 minutes and rinse. Your pet may not appreciate the bath, but the smell is gone.
I had 5 baby skunks under my shed. Their momma had died...& I'm talking baby babies. They must only been around 3 weeks old. So I took care of them until they got a bit older. They would come out & ride on my legs while I walked around, but only 2 would fit on each leg so the 5th baby would chase me crying. They never sprayed me but right b4 we released them they did get my dad. He kinda deserved it tho. Since I live off in the woods it wasn't hard to find a good spot for them when they got older
It was so cute when two of them were fighting
Knew of a Trucker that had a pet Skunk. NOBODY messed with his stuff. It ran around inside of the Truck, and people would be greeted with the Tail. No clue if it was descented......
My Mother was feeding cherries to baby skunks in the 1990s and suddenly thought.. what am I doing!?!?! We had dogs *annointed* by skunks the next two years. 🙂
Anointed lmao
They play just like babies puppies, nipping at each other and dashing around lol
i love seeing skunk families in the wild (though these are cute too!), they all just trot in a cloud of fluff behind their mama 😭🩷🩷
Cute little stinkers! They play like kittens! Just adorable.
Какие хорошенькие и приятные так и хочется их погладить,красивые животные
Baby skunks are added to the list of baby pets i have in my imaginary petting zoo
I had a pair of skunks named Kermit and Miss Piggy. They had 8 babies. We kept two of them and found homes for the rest. They are very friendly and playful animals. Those guys in the video bring back memories
I had a litter under my porch, they are the cutest things I ever saw. ❤️
Baby raccoons are little bandits, & these cute wee creatures are little stinkers!
You spelled raccoons wrong
LIL STINKERS ARE SO CUTE!!🦨
I feed the 🦨🦨 in my yard every night, thru don't see me I just leave it for them to make life a little easier, they are adorable fluffy floofs! Please everyone always protect, help and love and respect all animals they have souls like us❤❤ and they're innocent 😇, we are not. But we can do our best❤
So beautiful, each one has such different markings. I love this video! Thank you.
They were special little creatures! They are living their best lives as wild animals now.
Oh my, that's precious! All those tiny Peppy Le Pews! Love when they play fight together!! ❤️🦨
They were NONSTOP! 😍
😂
These babies are just tint RC cars and i looove it!!!!
Look at these stumpy little fools!! I love them and will protect them with my life ❤️🧡💛
They're so FLUFFY❤️❤️❤️😍😍
I think it is so funny when they do the Skunk Stomp
Oh goodness....never did I think these little buggers could be so cute!😂
Какие они классные, так и хочеться потискать,,, милахи,,
They’re like tiny Badger Cats. Extremely cute.
i love that they stomp
Us too!
Thank you for caring and rehabed those baby animals when mother or father are killed somewhere! I thank you for your hardest labor!🤗
THANK YOU! We loved doing it...but it was a lot of work!
The little sounds , and the tiny, fuzzy bum lifting is just too wholesome, and adorbs ❤😊
Omg that is so darn cute!! Their little pokey up tails are adorableeee 🥰😇
Right?? They were ridiculous!
Baby skunks are so crazy. I look forward to seeing them around my yard in the spring. They are very vocal and have a lot of personality!
Ho Formidable!❤ ces petites bêtes sont tellement belles! Tous différents mais tellement frères et sœurs!!!! Et ils jouent comme nos enfants! Rien de plus beau que les animaux, la nature. P reservons-les!!!😊❤❤❤
They're so feisty! ❤ And I didn't realize their coats could be different patterns like that! So neat and adorable 🥲
Yes! That is how we can tell many of them apart. When in doubt, we use a temporary, vegan, and cruelty-free hair die to help ID them. Can you see "Right Blue"?
Apparently Skunks can make good pets if they're properly socialised when growing up.
There are some states that allow people to keep pet skunks. That's not allowed in Tennessee, all these babies were released into the wild to live their best free lives.
Yes! They can
@@HarmonyWildlife Is the ban in Tennessee due to Skunks very, umm, stinky reputation?
One question do skunk owners have them "de-pewed"?
Too cute!! That little stomp🤗
Had a momma underneath our back porch for two years. We got to see two sets of babies born and playing in the yard. They’re much cuter than I ever thought.😊
Oh, how lucky! Hope they all lived healthy and happy lives when they moved on. They are so cute but unfortunately they don’t live in my country so I’ve never had the pleasure of seeing one for myself
@@meganbella8262 That’s what was nice about them. As soon as they are weaned, they all go off on their own. I just got to observe them in their young, playful stage, and then they all left except for the momma. She had another litter this spring, but she moved out with this batch of babies. I liked having them around, without having it be a problem.
Skunks are my favorite animals! ❤️🦨🦨🦨🦨🦨🦨
Ok I’m gonna die now, I’ve had CUTENESS & ADORABLE OVERLOAD!!! Gonna punch a WALL they soooooo CUUUUTE! 🤤🥰❤️🔥
I have probably watched this 100 times and I still squeal because they are so freaking cute. We released them a few weeks ago, it was such a bittersweet moment because we enjoyed caring for them so very much.
Cutest lil stinkers!😂🐾🐾🐾🐾🐾❤
Awww, they are so incredibly cute.
Just look at these precious babies 😍❤️ How perfect they are! ❤️🦨❤️ beautiful ! my heart melted 🥰🥰🥰
They are so cute! The two even have more white than black. Moving fluff balls ❤
At this age, they're almost more adorable than nuisance!
So precious! I love skunks. I have wild skunks around my house and they're very calm. They don't spray unless threatened.
Totally! These babies never sprayed us.
The sassy ones are so round! Like literal fur balls. Love the one at 0:23 that lunges forward so hard it nearly tips over onto its face.
This is how a Sunday morning should start 😍😍😍😍😍
That's some illegal level of cuteness !
They remind me of kittens!❤
Awww remote controlled spunks!!!
They are soooo cute! These babies almost look like little toys!❤
Aww little stink triangles my favorite
They're so cute and silly.
I have never seen baby skunks before! OMG! How cute are they!!!!! 🥰
Oh my goodness, what a delight to have found this wonderful video. These baby skunks are absolutely delightful!! Thank you so much for sharing and for the awesome work you guys do. Heartwarming!!!!
All babies are loveable and cute.
I've never seen a baby skunk in my life, they're incredibly cute 😍 Although I am aware of their other super power 😮😂 We don't have them in the UK but I have to say they've made my day seeing these super cute wee happy rascals ❤
they sound like puppies play growling lol 😂 ❤ In thankful that they are safe & happy
Finally, a person who agrees they’re adorable
I want a pet skunk SO bad!!! Too freak'n cute!! Love the little hand stand!!!
My family had a pet skunk. Her name was Gwendolyn and she was a lot of fun.
@Nancy N I have loved skunks for a lifetime, and even like the way they smell. Odd but true. I used to follow them around as a kid (grew up in the country)
@@lorisebae6014 They're really awesome animals. Gwendolyn wasn't wild. My brother's friend got her from a pet store. He was sent over seas so my brother brought her home to us. My mom wasn't too happy, but I was ecstatic. We got a lot of confused looks when we took her for walks around the neighborhood. Lol
Illegal to have a pet skunk here in Rhode Island.
@@nancyn6215 thats one hell of a name
They're so cute! I love all their different markings.
omg I didn't realize how adorable little baby skunks were😍♥!!!!
They're adorable!!! 🥰
Awww is so cute the babys 🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺🦨🦨🦨🦨🦨🦨🦨🦨🦨
❤😂stinky little black and white puffs of fur!❤❤
They are so adorable 😍 💕