5th graders are reading the story Carlo's and the skunk and they are discovering that there is more than one type of skunk.  Although all skunks produce an odor they don't generate the smell in the same manner.  Find out more by clicking on the links below.
 

Spotted Skunk
http://www.bear-tracker.com/spskunk.html

http://www.blueplanetbiomes.org/spotted_skunk.htm

Striped Skunk
http://www.bear-tracker.com/stskunk.html

http://www.nsrl.ttu.edu/tmot1/mephmeph.htm

http://www.inhs.uiuc.edu/dnr/fur/species/skunk.html

Hog-nosed Skunk
http://www.centralpets.com/pages/critterpages/mammals/ferrets/FER4723.shtml

http://www.flex.net/~lonestar/skunk.htm

http://www.enature.com/fieldguide/showSpeciesIMG.asp?imageID=18838

Pictures of spotted & hog-nosed skunks
http://pup.princeton.edu/birds/mammals/skunks/skunks.html

Picture comparing a striped & spotted skunk
http://www.nationaltrappers.com/Skunks.html