Can you get rabies from a roadkilled skunk?

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Can you get rabies from a roadkilled skunk?

Looked like some crows were picking at it or something on the way back.
Temp was 77oF, 66%, UV was a 5 an hour later when I drove buy it.
I didn't' touch the tire, just the door closest to the tire
The body didn't look really mutilated, no major blood, no obvious inner body stuff showing.
The head seemed intact and could see the face.
Looked like if there was hit it would have been on the tail end.
After driving by the skunk, I would have opened the door on the side the skunk was closest to.
Drove past the skunk a couple times, the body seemed pretty intact in general not flatten.
Seems like it was a fairly new roadkill.

Any chance I could have hit the skunk without knowing it?
There was a little darkness near the body, was that the spray?

Posted Aug 7, 2025, 10:45 PM UTC

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