Not What You Think
July 29, 2019 at 12:37 p.m.
Recently students in the fifth grade class in St. Raphael School, Hamilton, dissected owl pellets – the undigested prey consumed by an owl, usually consisting of teeth, bones, claws, feathers and fur, compressed in the gizzard and stored in a pouch in the stomach. The pellet is ejected by the owl through its mouth. In this “hands-on” learning experience, the pellets were dissected to reveal the bones and teeth of the prey, before students identified and categorized their findings.
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Recently students in the fifth grade class in St. Raphael School, Hamilton, dissected owl pellets – the undigested prey consumed by an owl, usually consisting of teeth, bones, claws, feathers and fur, compressed in the gizzard and stored in a pouch in the stomach. The pellet is ejected by the owl through its mouth. In this “hands-on” learning experience, the pellets were dissected to reveal the bones and teeth of the prey, before students identified and categorized their findings.
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