Yup, students dig into owl puke in the name of science

Grade 10 enriched science students at St. Charles College recently dissected owl pellets as part of their scientific studies. Owl pellets are like giant hair balls that an owl spits up.

“Owls eat their prey whole and then regurgitate anything that it cannot digest,” said St. Charles science teacher Tim Kingshott, in a press release.

These owl pellets were supplied by owls from Washington state.

The students then took the animals pieces from the pellets as they attempted to rebuild skeletons using diagrams of typical owl prey like moles, voles, mice and birds.