No cooler or garbage can is safe if there is an odor of food. They weigh between 15 to 40 pounds and a female has three to seven offspring per year. Striped skunk Skunks are omnivorous nighttime hunters. This means they feed on almost anything, including crickets and grasshoppers, nuts, eggs, and fruit. They use smell to locate food.
Skunks live in small groups and often share a burrow with the fox or raccoon who dug it.
A skunk will ward off an unwelcome guest first with a visual warning by shuffling, hissing and growling. The opossum has a unique defense. Although the opossum looks dead he is actually very alert. Opossums have one to two litters of six to ten young. The lifespan of the opossum is roughly two years.