Then it will hiss. If the intruder has not gone away by then, the skunk will spray. A skunk can spray as far away as 12 feet and as many as 8 times. Woods and fields throughout North America, except the deserts of the Southwest. Great horned owls and bobcats.
Skunks are omnivorous but they mostly eat insects.
They also eat bird's eggs and fruit. Also skunks are resistant to snake venom and can survive 10 times the venom needed to kill an animal of the same size.