What are owls pellets and how are they formed?

Answer 1

Owl pellets are cast off from the owl's mouth, not the rear. They are made of undigested fur and bones of their prey; typically mice, voles, rats. Sterilized

pellets can be purchased from science supply stores for dissecting in classrooms.

Great fun and great discussions arise about what the owl did eat as they examine

the contents of the pellet.

Answer 2

Owl pellets can be used to study the eating habits of a owls. They can also be used to monitor the health of the owl and its prey animals. The preserved skeletons would reveal deformities in the prey animal indicating a underlying problem.

Answer 3

"Owl pellets" (which can be 2 or 3 cm in diameter) are undigested fur, bones and or feathers that are coughed up out of the mouth of the owl after it feeds.

Answer 4

Owl pellets are the regurgitated remains of the indigestible parts of their prey such as bones and fur.

Answer 5

an owl pellet is made of all the bones and fur that was on its last meal

Answer 6

Owl pellet's are oval in shape, rough textured and contain undigested feathers, fur and bones depending on what they have eaten.

Answer 7

owl pellets are little balls of fur and bones. owls throw up thees only because they have a gizzard that cant digest it.

Answer 8

Owl pellets consists of bones, fur and undigestible things the owl has eaten

Answer 9

it is barn owl throw up