Baby Skunks Try To Cross the Street but Immediately Forget How It Works
Watching an animal cross the street is harrowing, at best. Watching baby animals cross the street is a full-on horror movie "cover your eyes" moment. Normally, I can't watch these videos, but I saw mom was on the case and I knew these little skunks were in good hands.
Baby skunk number one is completely oblivious-just charges straight into the road like survival is optional. Baby skunk number two shows equal skill level but, luckily, slower speed. Baby skunk number three looks like they're still in the grass asking for permission. Anyway, mom runs out and yoinks baby number one back so fast she nearly sends them airborne, which makes baby number two retreat immediately.
What a good mom. Looks like she'll need to revisit "Road Crossing 101" as absolutely no part of that lesson stuck.
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The commenters on TikTok have voted baby number one as the trouble making baby: "And the others just blindly following the troublemaker sibling," replied one. Everyone noticed how she knew exactly which one to go to: "Oh, she went for the leader problem. Motherhood is universal," another replied. Someone else said: "She had to stop the source."
So many can relate. "So, no matter the species, we are all tired and overstimulated," noticed one viewer. Another saw themselves: "I swear this is me as a skunk with toddlers." Yet another said, "This is how I feel with my twins when we go out to the park, man."
Surprising Facts About Skunks
- Skunks eat bees. They are omnivores and, depending on where they live, will eat things like worms and insects, even going after adult and larval bees.
- They will sometimes do a dance before they use their spray. Skunks try to "intimidate their enemy" with something called a "headstand dance", which is basically just as it sounds. They'll sometimes also charge, hiss, or stomp. (You must google this dance. It's hilarious.)
- Their average lifespan in the wild is only 2-4 years.
- A skunk can accurately spray and hit its target from as far as ten feet away.
And, now because of this video, we also know that they're great moms who teach excellent road safety rules. The babies might be a little slow on the uptake, but mom is managing it all. As with anything in life, some lessons clearly take a few tries.
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This story was originally published April 17, 2026 at 8:25 AM.