Video: Trail Cam Captures Skunk Doing a Handstand

Trail cams capture things you would not normally see in the woods, and this skunk doing a handstand falls into that category.

A National Parks service trail cam captured this incredible footage in Arizona’s Saguaro National Park. The spotted skunk in this video is most likely trying to intimidate a potential threat. Oftentimes when a skunk is threatened they will position themselves to spray a potential attacker. While this may be an effective intimidation strategy for skunks it’s certainly entertaining from a human perspective.

You never know what you are going to see at America’s #publiclands. Case in point: A spotted skunk doing a handstand at #Saguaro National Park in #Arizona. This strange interaction was captured by Saguaro’s wildlife camera in Happy Valley. Like the other three groups of skunks, spotted #skunks are capable of spraying a strong unpleasant scent as a form of defense. But before spraying, spotted skunks will sometimes go into a handstand and attempt to intimidate any would be aggressors like this skunk is doing with the #wildlife camera. Video by #NationalPark Service.

A video posted by U.S. Department of the Interior (@usinterior) on Nov 4, 2015 at 11:28am PST

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