It’s a potentially stinky (beyond belief) situation, one that most people would avoid like the plague, but not YouTube user Jeremi Lorenti, who after some consideration, bit the bullet and jumped out of his car to help a poor skunk that had its head stuck in a cup and was doing circles on a road with vehicles passing by.

Skunks are notorious for their anal scent glands that can spray a highly offensive and extremely difficult to get rid of smell as far as 10 feet (3 meters). The mixture can even cause temporary blindness if you’re hit in the face, so this wasn’t exactly a walk in the park…

To see how it all went down, hop over the break and click play on the video.

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