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da_chimperor Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-28-04 11:21 PM
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Anyone picked apart an owl pellet (owl poo)
I went though some in some elementary school science classes to pick all the mouse bones out. Kinda cool actually. With all the poo related threads going around . . . :shrug:
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StClone Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-28-04 11:27 PM
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1. Owl poo no way !
Edited on Tue Dec-28-04 11:27 PM by StClone
Owl regurgitate undigested bone, gristle and hair in dry, grayish, oblong pellets. The pellets are nearly sterile after acid has broken them down.
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da_chimperor Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-28-04 11:28 PM
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3. I know
I was kinda grossed out at first, but I was always into science, biology, and nature stuff as a kid so I dealt with it. Hands on science is the best. I also dissected a juvenile shark in 4th grade. :D
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Blue State Blues Donating Member (575 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-28-04 11:27 PM
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2. I thought it was owl yack, not poo
Kinda like a hairball. And, yep, dissected one in high school. Tiny bones and fur.
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mitchum Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-28-04 11:33 PM
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6. You're right! There's a saying down south- "Slick as owl shit"
and that's no exaggeration :)
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mitchum Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-28-04 11:30 PM
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4. I spent the summer as a nature center day camp counselor...
I picked apart a peck of owl pellets
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Tom Yossarian Joad Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-28-04 11:31 PM
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5. I'm alerting! Another poop thread!
LOL
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da_chimperor Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-28-04 11:33 PM
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7. It's not poo! It's science!
Edited on Tue Dec-28-04 11:33 PM by da_chimperor
stop trying to corrupt the little ones!
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GRLMGC Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-28-04 11:54 PM
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8. Yeah, actually
I did it twice. I found a vole, whatever that is.
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tandem5 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-29-04 02:15 AM
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14. I found a vole too... its just a generic term for a field mouse/rat nt
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AlienGirl Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-29-04 12:57 AM
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9. Plenty, and they aren't poo...
You hang around raptor centers, you learn things...

Tucker
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aQuArius Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-29-04 12:58 AM
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10. I did! Put together mouse skeleton, 6th grade
Mr. Bob was my teacher, kinda interesting.
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hfojvt Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-29-04 01:00 AM
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11. A joke Kurt Vonnegut related
Q: You ever wonder what that white stuff is in bird shit?
A: That's birdshit 2.
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Maddy McCall Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-29-04 01:01 AM
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12. Most logical question: Where'd you get owl poop?
:)
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wovenpaint Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-29-04 01:03 AM
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13. yes, we thought it was great!
Mine had a mouse skull in it-eeeeeewwwww! Loved it!
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nytemare Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-29-04 02:17 AM
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15. Not too much different than a cat hacking up a hairball
I wonder if feral cats that eat mice hack up cat pellets?
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