The skunk is an amazing animal, pet, and makes for a heck of a good friend. They are as smart as any human child, smarter than some human adults
I woke up early one more freezing my rear off, so did my husband, the entire king size quilt had been pulled off the bed, and circled into a nest, with a very warm a cozy skunk in the middle of it sleeping.
One time we thought the air conditioning system went out, found the skunks spread eagle, flat on each air conditioning outlet. They felt nice and cool, smart little monsters.