Talk:Skunk
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French Note
[edit]Why is there a note in French on the English portion of this page? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 4.43.35.194 (talk) 17:32, 11 September 2024 (UTC)
- Because that's the original quotation of the English paraphrase that the note is linked from. Anaxial (talk) 17:37, 11 September 2024 (UTC)
Questions
[edit]I am wondering how much sulfur is in a skunk. A human has ~210 grams of sulfur in their body (0.3%). A skunk is bound to have much more in their scent glands, but I'm wondering if there's more sulfur present in their body percentage wise than a human. I'm also wondering if a diet low in sulfur would decrease the amount of spray produced in a skunk, or lower its potency. — Preceding unsigned comment added by OneSmallStepForMan (talk • contribs) 11:57, 20 February 2022 (UTC)
Merge proposal
[edit]The following discussion is closed. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page. No further edits should be made to this discussion.
Formal request has been received to merge from Alexcs114 to merge Skunks as pets into Skunks. Please discuss the merge proposal below.
Rationale given by proposer: After removing the main portion that read as a guide it seems to me that there is (primarily) two relevant portions of this article that fall within Wikipedia's scope: History, Temperament, legality, and perhaps portions of the politics section. All of this should be merged into the "relations with humans" section on the Skunk article. Felix QW (talk) 08:33, 10 June 2023 (UTC)
edit should be made
[edit]This wiki states “Different species of skunk vary in appearance from black-and-white to brown, cream or ginger colored” but that’s not true. All species of skunk are naturally black and white, there are some skunks that have some brown undertones but that is an individual thing, not a species thing. Ginger and cream colouring does not occur in any skunk species naturally, it only shows up with some striped skunks bred for the pet trade. Mephitidaes (talk) 01:11, 27 July 2025 (UTC)
The redirect Legality of pet skunks in Virginia has been listed at redirects for discussion to determine whether its use and function meets the redirect guidelines. Readers of this page are welcome to comment on this redirect at Wikipedia:Redirects for discussion/Log/2025 August 19 § Legality of pet skunks in Virginia until a consensus is reached. Thepharoah17 (talk) 08:09, 19 August 2025 (UTC)
Semi-protected edit request on 03 February 2026
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Under Mitigation, there is a sentence that randomly swaps tense partway through. I'd like to request that this be fixed.
| − | In 1993, the American chemist Paul Krebaum | + | In 1993, the American chemist Paul Krebaum developed a formula |
Thank you. ~2026-65081-5 (talk) 20:06, 3 February 2026 (UTC)
Japanese Missing from Interlanguage Links
[edit]Japanese seems to be missing from the Interlanguage Links, which I use often on Wikipedia. It would be nice if someone better versed in editing Wikipedia could add it some time. Thank you. Japanese page for skunk: https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%B9%E3%82%AB%E3%83%B3%E3%82%AF ~2026-17194-28 (talk) 17:32, 18 March 2026 (UTC)
- That page is linked to the English article at Mephitidae which, from what I can tell about the article content, would be correct. The page ja:スカンク includes Mydaus, which this page does not. Anaxial (talk) 18:25, 18 March 2026 (UTC)
Map
[edit]Some information is needed either on the map or in the infobox about what the colours represent. AstroMark (talk) 20:38, 18 March 2026 (UTC)
Semi-protected edit request on 8 April 2026
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There is a typo in the sidebar. "Skunk Genera Ranges" should be changed to "Skunk Generic Ranges". ~2026-21780-82 (talk) 17:08, 8 April 2026 (UTC)
Not done: That would potentially create ambiguity, as readers might think it means "generic" in the sense of "a broad group". The existing phrasing more clearly indicates that it refers to the range of the genera. Anaxial (talk) 17:33, 8 April 2026 (UTC)- To be clear, "genera" is the plural of "genus". - UtherSRG (talk) 19:02, 8 April 2026 (UTC)