Owl pellets are the coughed up contents of the owl's stomach that could not be digested. Students discovered that the owls primarily eat rodents called voles - little field mice that need the owls to help control their population. While they were intrigued, they were also a little leery of the idea that they would be handling regurgitated hair and bones. These pellets were harvested and subsequently treated for any harmful substances (bugs, bacteria, and the like), so they are completely safe to handle. After a few minutes, the class became quite comfortable with using their tools of discovery - toothpicks, magnifying glasses, brains, and the power of communication - to discover the hair-wrapped bones, including skulls, of the voles.
Over 200 years ago, Lewis and Clark were charged by their president with the task of documenting the plant and animal life in the west. Likewise, our class was charged by its teacher to investigate owl pellets and discover what the owl had eaten.
Owl pellets are the coughed up contents of the owl's stomach that could not be digested. Students discovered that the owls primarily eat rodents called voles - little field mice that need the owls to help control their population. While they were intrigued, they were also a little leery of the idea that they would be handling regurgitated hair and bones. These pellets were harvested and subsequently treated for any harmful substances (bugs, bacteria, and the like), so they are completely safe to handle. After a few minutes, the class became quite comfortable with using their tools of discovery - toothpicks, magnifying glasses, brains, and the power of communication - to discover the hair-wrapped bones, including skulls, of the voles.
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