# @nationalparkservice on Instagram

- **Type:** Image
- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/CaBGF-mDu_5
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/21025083-nationalparkservice-instagram
- **Thumbnail:** https://img.gondola.cc/tr:w-,h-,fo-auto/thumbnails/6b931749ac.jpg
- **Posted:** 2022-02-15T23:54:12.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** National Park Service (@nationalparkservice) — https://gondola.cc/nationalparkservice

## Caption

Stink the landing…🦨

Good form, skunk. Spotted skunks are the smaller relatives of the common striped skunk. About the size of a squirrel, these elusive carnivores live across North America. And when the time comes to scare off a predator, these little stinkers perform a handstand and kick out their back legs. If the handstand fails to intimidate (wow, nothing?), a pair of scent glands out back will spray a foul-smelling musk. 

Image: So stinkin’ cute! This spotted skunk at Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument is doing a handstand to warn off predators.

#skunk #nationalparkservice #organpipecactus #wildlife #nature

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## Credits

| Name | Username | Profile | Role |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| National Park Service | @nationalparkservice | https://gondola.cc/nationalparkservice | Government Organization |

## Tags

wildlife, nationalparkservice, skunk, nature, organpipecactus

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