Class Response

In class we’ve learned lots of interesting facts about owl pellets and how to dissect them. As a result, outside of class I’ve learned a few more interesting facts about owl pellets. I’ve learned that owl pellets can be used to teach a part of the natural food chain. The pellet in the owl travels up from the gizzard back to the proventriculus. I did not know that regurgitation often signifies that an owl is ready to eat again, or that when the owl eats more then one prey item within several hours, the various remains are consolidated into one pellet. Lastly, I’ve learned that the pellet cycle is regular. These are a few facts that I’ve learned about owl pellets outside of class.


http://www.owlpages.com/articles.php?section=owl+physiology&title=Digestion
Source: www.owlpages.com


http://www.col-ed.org/cur/sci/sci54.txt
Source: www.col-ed.org