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Precious Predators Have you ever experienced the smell of a skunk? Although, people don’t know this, the skunk is a predator. The directors of the Hunters of the Wild Lands Museum (HOWL) are looking for some nominations for predators to be recognized in their exhibit. Because the skunk has such awesome hunting skills, it deserves a place in the HOWL Museum.

One thing that makes the skunk a predator is it’s varied diet. This varied diet includes beetles, crickets, grasshoppers, small mammals, birds, eggs, vegetation, and garbage. Also, in the winter the predator eats bees and honey. As the skunk lives on it varied diet, it is also an omnivore meaning that it can also eat plants and animals.

In order for the skunk to eat all of those things it needs a way to find all of these foods. The striped skunk hunts for these insects by digging. They use their long nails to help them dig for these insects. Skunks mostly find there food at twilight. So are they nocturnal, or diurnal? The answer is neither. Skunks are crepuscular predators, Wow! If the skunk does not find any food in one place it will move to a different spot.

Now you are probably wondering how the skunk knows which spot the insects would be at. For them to do this, skunks have to have a great sense of smell. Ironically, the striped skunk’s willingness to eat garbage has allowed it to spread into town’s and cities. Also, it is an opportunist by nature, depending on the season and food ability. When twilight comes the skunk will go out and try to find it’s food. The most important reason why the skunk is a predator is because of it good sense of smell.

Definitely, this striped skunk should deserve a good place in the HOWL Museum because it is awesome at what it does. Some people may think that the skunk is a very disgusting predator. The truth is that this creature only is disgusting because if anything tries to hurt it, it will spray its horrible stench!

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