Finally it waves its bushy tail for its last warning signal. If the warnings do not scare its enemy away, it gets ready to spray. It arches its back, then it lifts its tail and bends its body sideways so that its head and tail, both point toward the enemy. It lets its spray from its tail glands. It lifts its tail high, to keep the scent off of its body.
Skunks eat a wide variety of food.
It can eat crickets, grasshoppers, grubs, cutworms, fish, small birds, eggs, mice, weevils, spiders, caterpillars, fruit, raccoons, and sometimes its enemies. But they rarely eat enemies, unless they are its size. They live all over North America except in Alaska. They are the most common of all skunks in North America. They have very few enemies, such as the great horned owl, coyote, fox, badger and fisher.