Animals fact

Owls swallow small prey whole and cough up the bones as pellets.

The details

Owls cannot digest bones, fur or feathers, so their stomach packs them into a pellet that the owl brings back up. Scientists and school classes dissect owl pellets to see what owls eat.

Source: Pellet (ornithology) (Wikipedia)

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