Russian zoo has FBI duo under lock and key

03 September, 2008, 11:47

What exactly are Mulder and Scully doing caged up in the Russian city of Ekaterinburg? Well, employees of the city zoo have named a pair of skunks after the famous FBI agents, who are the protagonists of the X-Files series.

Mulder and Scully are two striped skunks that were brought to the Ekaterinburg zoo from Moscow. They are currently in quarantine, but will be on public view from mid-September. The pair will leave the air fresh since their scent glands, which release a distinctly revolting odour when skunks feel threatened, have been removed.

“The skunks are called Mulder and Scully. It was the employees who gave them their names, despite the fact that there's nothing mysterious about them,” said a zoo representative in an interview.

It's the first time that the Ekaterinburg zoo has acquired skunks.