my purse has a picture of a skunk on it.
[{"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": "I love skunks, my purse has a picture of one on it"}, {"role": "assistant", "content": "Really? I didn't know that skunks were mammals in the Mephitidae family"}, {"role": "user", "content": "What's a Mephitidae?"}, {"role": "assistant", "content": "it's a family of mammals that are known for their analscent glands, which would explain the skunk"}, {"role": "user", "content": "I didn't know there were other animals which do what skunks do"}, {"role": "assistant", "content": "Yeah and apparently skunks can be used as pets however it's very rare!"}, {"role": "user", "content": "That seems like a risky pet probably why it's so rare!"}, {"role": "assistant", "content": "Yeah right!!!! And in the US you can actually buy skunks from animal shelters... people are crazy!"}, {"role": "user", "content": "At least they're getting a home they deserve. They may be crazy but it's pretty admirable "}, {"role": "assistant", "content": "Yeah but also there are breeders that have permits too. So that's interesting"}]