What’s black and white and runs all over? The tiny western spotted skunk, Oregon State University researchers found. The skunk, which resembles a black and white tube sock, weighs just one or two pounds and covers a home range of up to 12-square miles while looking for food, according to research by Oregon State postdoctoral student Marie Tosa. That’s far more ground than the black-tailed deer, which roams a home range of only a square mile, the university said in a promotional video. Scientists don’t know much about the spotted skunk, which lives in western mountain ranges from Mexico to Canada and is smaller than the striped-skunk that frequents urban areas. Read more at the link in our bio. #westernskunk #skunk #osu #oregonstate #oregonstateuniversity #oregon #theoregonian