I agree Linda skunks are truely beautiful of course not as beautiful as my little girl fuzzy but they are beautiful. We have 2 skunks that come visiting almost every night and I just love watching them dig up the dirt looking for bugs. They have the cutiest faces and are so fluffy but like you I wouldn't want to get to close, but my husband says they won't do anything unless they are frightened. I guess they aren't since they come pretty close to our door. We also get visits from squirrels and chipmunks sometimes I wonder if they since or smell our little fuzzy I know she isn't very interested in them since we have the door open and she doesn't care to go near the screen to see them or chatter with them but maybe they know she is inside......don't know just a thought..... And I'm not sure what her tail smells like but I know she smells good :) Diane and Wiggles hanging out waiting for daddy to get home :) [Posted in FML issue 2738]