Name: 我的臭鼬？！ | 條紋臭鼬的幾件事 | 生物小百科 (My SKUNK?! | Striped Skunk Facts | Creature Feature)
Uploaded: 2018-05-27T06:41:16.000Z
Duration: 14 min 19 s

This is bribery right here. Bribery at its finest.

這不是賄賂，什麼才是賄賂？要賄賂就要給最好的

嘿，鏡頭前的「生物們」好嗎？

It's Em. And I'm back today with another Creature Feature,

我是 Em，今天又是另一集生物小百科

the series where I pick an animal and tell you lots of facts about them.

在這系列中我會選一種動物，告訴你一些有關牠們的小知識

If you haven't already, remember to hit that subscribe button down below,

如果你還沒訂閱，記得按下方的訂閱按鈕

become part of the Creature Crew, and also hit that notification bell in the corner

成為生物小百科的一份子，也要按下角落的提醒小鈴鐺

Also because YouTube likes to hide my videos for some reason,

還有，因為某些原因，YouTube 很喜歡把我的影片藏起來

so you might want to make sure that you're actually still subscribed

所以你可能會想確認你真的還有訂閱我的頻道

and that you actually have got the notification bell. Just saying.

還有你真的有打開提醒小鈴鐺，我只是稍微說一下

Every one subscription means a kiss for Niffler. [kiss]

每個訂閱數都代表給 Niffler 的一個親吻 (親)

Or Dobby or somebody else. [kissing noise]

Today we're going to be looking at the striped skunk from North America,

今天我們要來看看北美洲的條紋臭鼬

This is Puddin', my gorgeous assistant for today.

這是 Puddin'，今天的美麗小助手

Puddin' is a female skunk, a little over a year old now,

Puddin'是一隻母臭鼬，現在一歲多了

and she actually used to belong to somebody else.

She was a captive bred skunk so she wasn't taken from the wild,

她是圈養的臭鼬，所以她不是從野外來的

he fell into some difficulty, unfortunately, and he was made homeless.

很不幸地生活上有些困難，並無家可歸

So he actually gave her to a pet store, who very kindly boarded her for over a year.

所以他將她送到寵物店，那家寵物店也很仁慈地養了她一年多

Luckily this person did manage to find a new place to live, but sadly they didn't allow skunks.

很幸運地那個人找到了新的地方住，但遺憾地是他們不允許養臭鼬

So she was up for adoption and the store actually asked myself and Danny

所以她就在寵物店等待領養，而寵物店也有問過我跟 Danny

if we would like to be first in line to adopt her, we said yes.

我們願不願意領養她，我們也說好

So we adopted little Puddin' here. She is absolutely brilliant.

所以我們領養了小 Puddin'，她非常聰明

Don't worry, she is not a wild caught skunk.

別擔心，她不是野外抓來的臭鼬

She wasn't born in the wild and then taken into captivity.

她不是出生在野外然後才抓去圈養

Just born in captivity bred by a licensed breeder,

and we have her here at home under a permit which is issued by the state.

然後我們獲得國家發放的許可證，才得以飼養她

So don't worry, I didn't just randomly go outside and decide to bring a skunk home.

所以別擔心，我不是去戶外隨便抓一隻臭鼬回家

There's actually a million reasons why you shouldn't do that

其實有千百個理由說明為什麼你不應該這麼做

and I will come on to those later in the video.

But first of all, sit back and enjoy this very fragrant Creature Feature. [giggles]

首先，先坐好享受這個非常芬芳的生物小百科時間 (咯咯笑)

Now if you say the word "skunk," most people's reactions are,

現在如果你說出「臭鼬」這個詞，大部分人的反應會是

"No. no no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no. No. Nooo. No. Nooo. NO.

「不，不，不，不，不-不-不！」

That's because skunks are notorious for the foul odor they can produce

因為臭鼬最有名的就是他們產生的氣味，可說是「臭名」遠播

when they're scared or when they're threatened.

那樣的氣味是在牠們受到驚嚇或威脅時發出的

And we'll talk a little bit more about their special fragrance a bit later on.

我們稍後會再談談牠那特別的香味

就跟我們一樣，臭鼬是哺乳類動物

They are covered in fur or hair, they give birth to live young, and they feed their babies on milk.

牠們全身被毛髮覆蓋，牠們屬於胎生動物，還有牠們會餵幼年臭鼬吃奶

Baby skunks are called "kits," like kittens, but just kits for short.

幼年臭鼬稱為「kits」，像 kittens 一樣，但只有前面的 kits

Typically speaking in a striped skunk's litter, you'd be looking at between four and six kits.

通常來說，條紋臭鼬產子一次大約在 4 到 6 隻

And we're now just eating the inside of my shirt, which is lovely. That's great.

現在我們的小助手正在咬我的上衣內部，真是可愛，太棒了

Skunks are born in late April all the way through to early May,

臭鼬在四月下旬到五月上旬是生產的季節

so around about now when I'm uploading and editing this video.

大概就是現在，當我編輯跟上傳這支影片的時間

Just like many mammals, kits are born completely blind and very deaf

就跟大部分哺乳類一樣，幼年期出生時是全盲的，而且幾乎聽不見

But they do quickly grow and learn to forage for food

但牠們很快地長大並學會尋找食物

and by the age of three months, they are completely independent from their parents.

大約三個月大時，他們就能完全從父母身邊獨立

It took me more like 23 years for complete independence.

Skunks are predominantly a nocturnal species, which means that they predominantly wake up at nighttime.

臭鼬大部分是夜行性動物，意思是牠們大部分是在晚上活動

However, they will wake up at dawn and dusk as well,

然而，牠們也會在清晨或黃昏活動

so it could be argued that they are both nocturnal and crepuscular.

所以也有一部分爭議是，牠們同時是夜行性也是曙暮性動物

When skunks are sleeping they roll into a ball shape

and this helps them to protect their heads from predators.

這可以幫助牠們保護頭部，不被捕食者襲擊

Emma is extremely allergic to skunks and has to put it down for a couple of minutes.

Emma 其實對臭鼬過敏很嚴重，我必須把牠放下來一下子

To sleep, they're happy to invade the dens of other animals

睡覺時，牠們很樂意侵入其他動物的巢穴

or sleep in tree hollows or even a dark shed.

或睡在樹洞中，或甚至黑暗的小屋中

Mostly, they just like anywhere where it's cooler and dark.

大部分時候，只要是涼爽、陰暗的地方牠們都喜歡

Skunks are omnivores, or as I like to call them,

臭鼬是不偏食的，或是我會這麼叫牠們

omnomnomnom-nivores because they eat practically everything!

因為他們幾乎所有東西都吃地津津有味

They're happy to eat invertebrates like worms, for example,

牠們很樂意吃無脊椎動物，例如蚯蚓

I mean literally if it smells like food they are going to eat it.

我意思是，只要聞起來像食物的東西牠們都吃

Whether it is a deceased animal such as roadkill, berries,

sweet roots, nuts, any leftover food from garbage cans that they find, chicks that they find nesting on the floor,

甜的根莖類、堅果、任何牠們能在垃圾桶找到的多葉植物、在地上巢穴中找到的小雞

Anything. If it smells like food, they're going to eat it. Including Emma's fingers.

任何東西，如果聞起來像食物，牠們就會吃，包括 Emma 的手指

Their ability to handle so many types of food is partially what makes them such a successful species.

牠們能消化多種食物的能力在某個部分也使牠們成為一個成功的物種

They literally will eat everything and anything,

In captivity this can cause a bit of a problem because...

被豢養的情況下，這可能會有點問題，因為...

For the kits that make it through their very first winter,

對幼年臭鼬來說，這可以讓牠們度過第一個冬天

sadly, the average lifespan is only between 2 to 5 years for a wild skunk.

很遺憾地，野生臭鼬平均壽命只有 2 到 5 年

In fact, 5 years would be really pushing it.

Of course in the wild, they have roads to contend with.

當然，在野外，牠們需要對付「道路」

The sounds and the lights from roads really confuse them and disorientate them.

從道路來的聲音、燈光會使牠們困惑，使牠們失去方向感

Because of this, skunks are often caught in road traffic accidents.

因為如此，臭鼬經常在路上發生交通意外

But in captivity, the average lifespan of a skunk is much, much longer.

但被豢養的臭鼬，平均壽命就長得多了

Ten years or a little bit more is not unheard of for a captive skunk.

被豢養的臭鼬活 10 年或更長的時間也不是沒聽過

Although striped skunks can occur where there are very harsh winters,

雖然條紋臭鼬生存的地方冬天十分寒冷

such as on the East Coast or up into the southern tips of Canada,

they won't actually hibernate the way that bears or a hedgehog would.

牠們不會真的像熊或豪豬那樣冬眠

They will reduce their activity somewhat,

but they don't go into a true hibernating sleep.

Okay, now let's take a look at some of the features of the skunk

好，現在我們來看看臭鼬的特徵

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