I actually think in that context that "problems" works relatively well in that context. But you could make it less euphemistic: "Teacher, do fish get wet?" "Well Susie, do skunks stink?"

Or you could preserve the euphemism but change the angle, using negation: "Teacher, do fish get wet?" "Well Susie, do skunks smell like roses?"

Or you could use the English animal idiom for pointing out that a question has an obvious answer: "Teacher, do fish get wet?" "Well Susie, does a bear shit in the woods?"

Geht's dabei um den üblichen eigenen Körpergeruch oder den "Abwehrgeruch" ?

Ich sehe auch nichts, das für die Einengung auf den Eigengeruch des Tieres oder auch nur der Spezies spricht.

Andere Ausdrucksmöglichkeiten:

Ist für Stinktiere Geruch denn ein Thema/eine Sache/ein Ding/eine Schwierigkeit...?

Stören sich Stinktiere denn an Gerüchen?

The English original is perfectly grammatical but a bit vague; it could mean lots of things, particularly given the fish/wet context.

Here are some ways of interpreting it:

1) Do skunks have odor issues? -> Do skunks stink? Implied answer: YES

If so:

1a) Do they stink all the time, because they sometimes expel a very stinky fluid and the smell follows them around afterward?

1b) Do they stink when they are doing what skunks are famous for doing?

2) Do skunks have odor issues? -> Do skunks have a hard time dealing with stinky odors? Implied answer: NO

If not:

2a) Is it because they smell so bad themselves that they can't smell anything else?

2b) Is it because they have evolved the ability to ignore odors, in order to use their own biological "weapon" safely?

This award stinks.

Meine Nase mag mich trügen, aber ich glaube, da ist ein Stinktier im Blumengarten.

If I may say so -- and admitting that all this is fun -- I think that discussing whether it's the skunk's normal smell or the smell it produces when under threat, and who is more bothered by it, the skunk or other creatures, is wholly beside the point.

The primary characteristic of a fish is that it lives in water, and the thing that we all associate with a skunk is a bad smell. That's all. That's what underlies Lonelobo's suggestions in #7.

Rather than saying "Does a skunk stink / have a disgusting smell?" the teacher expresses it more indirectly, humorously using an expression often applied to human beings and their shortcomings. Thus for instance you might say that a person who is constantly late has punctuality issues, i.e. has difficulties or shows inadequacy with regard to punctuality.

#23 - So will ich denn den Trugruch glauben, doch mag die Rose ihren Ruf behalten. Dem Kompost seis gedankt, der strenger als Muskat sein' Duft verströmet. Wo Leben wird zum Aase und alles Sein dem Nichts entgegenwest, bricht aus des Bodens Krum' ein Neues schon hervor. Nur unser Sinn vergreift sich noch erinnernd an verfemter Wesen Dünstung, wo doch das Werden wird bekrönt durch Keim und Wuchs und Blüte.

Ach ja: OT.