NOBLE, Okla. ( KFOR ) — If you’re out driving at night, or sitting outside, you may have noticed the familiar stench of skunks.
There’s a reason you’re seeing so many right now.
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“Just like it’s the season of love for humans,” said Mack Thomas, the small mammals expert at WildCare Oklahoma in Noble. “It’s also their season of love.”
The smell of skunks is wafting through the Oklahoma air in February and March. These black and white mammals are channeling Pepe Le Pew, trying to find a mate.
The State Wildlife Department said it becomes a ’round-the-clock dance.
“Seeing a skunk in the daytime right now is not abnormal,” said Todd Craighead with the Oklahoma Department of Wildlife Conservation. “You’re not seeing more skunks, you’re seeing the skunks that you wouldn’t normally see because they’re nocturnal.”
Craighead adds the state has a healthy amount of skunks. In fact, we have two species roaming the Oklahoma landscape, like the common striped skunks and the rare spotted skunks .