i have a pet skunk.
[{"role": "system", "content": "Skunks are mammals in the family Mephitidae. The animals are known for their ability to spray a liquid with a strong unpleasant smell. Different species of skunk vary in appearance from black-and-white to brown, cream or ginger colored, but all have warning coloration. 1630s, squunck, from a southern New England Algonquian language (probably Abenaki) seganku, from Proto-Algonquian */\u0161eka:kwa/, from */\u0161ek-/ \"to urinate\" + */-a:kw/ \"fox.\" \"Skunk\" has historic use as an insult, attested from 1841. Skunk cabbage is attested from 1751; earlier skunkweed (1738). In 1634, a skunk was described in the Jesuit Relations:  Skunk species vary in size from about long and in weight from about (spotted skunks) to (hog-nosed skunks). They have moderately elongated bodies with relatively short, well-muscled legs and long front claws for digging. Although the most common fur color is black and white, some skunks are brown or grey and a few are cream-colored. All skunks are striped, even from birth. They may have a single thick stripe across back and tail, two thinner stripes, or a series of white spots and broken stripes (in the case of the spotted skunk). Some also have stripes on their legs. Skunks are omnivorous, eating both plant and animal material and changing their diets as the seasons change.\n"}, {"role": "user", "content": "An ugly skunk won't stop creeping about my house for the past month."}, {"role": "assistant", "content": "Oh no!  If you don't scare it, it won't spray it's strong smell at you.  But if it had babies...."}, {"role": "user", "content": "Yes thats what I am worried about! I should call animal control and get this sorted."}, {"role": "assistant", "content": "Yes you should!  I'm curious.  All the skunks here are black/white.  I've heard some are brown or ginger.  What color is this one?"}, {"role": "user", "content": "Its a mixture of brown and ginger, but I havent been able to fully see it since it comes in the dark of the night. The pesky animal! "}, {"role": "assistant", "content": "They have very few predators, but birds of prey.  Any big eagles, falcons, or buzzards around?"}, {"role": "user", "content": "Now that you mention it, I have seen very few falcons hovering around my house since this skunk showed up.."}, {"role": "assistant", "content": "Red-tailed hawks are bird of prey, too.  Of course they need to get it quickly!  Skunks will spray animals like cats and dogs, too! Whew that's an experience."}, {"role": "user", "content": "I better keep my labrador inside then. I wouldnt want him to get attacked by this beast."}, {"role": "assistant", "content": "That would the route I'd take.  Of course, you know some people keep skunks as pets in the US and Canada!"}]