A skunk in Oklahoma who got his head stuck in a jar of peanut butter was rescued with the help of a passer-by and a man known as the "skunk whisperer."

Teresa Vick was delivering newspapers when she noticed the disorientated creature with the jar stuck on its head outside a Community Centre in Bixby, Oklahoma.

Ms Vick enlisted the help of Ned "The Skunk Whisperer" Bruha, who used chloroform to sedate the animal before easing the jar off its head, and the grateful skunk even refrained from spraying him as it ran away unharmed.