{"id":1934,"date":"2016-11-11T15:28:09","date_gmt":"2016-11-11T15:28:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/my\/alves\/?p=1934"},"modified":"2016-11-11T15:28:09","modified_gmt":"2016-11-11T15:28:09","slug":"science-owl-pellets","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/my\/alves\/2016\/11\/11\/science-owl-pellets\/","title":{"rendered":"Science – Owl Pellets"},"content":{"rendered":"

Look at us dissecting owl pellets!<\/p>\n\n\n\n
What is an owl pellet?<\/strong><\/p>\n

Jamie \u2013 \u201cSomething that owls cough up.\u201d<\/p>\n

Ruth \u2013 \u201cIt\u2019s something that they can\u2019t digest.\u201d<\/p>\n

Caitlyn \u2013 \u201cIt\u2019s something that they can\u2019t eat.\u201d<\/p>\n

Max \u2013 \u201cBones and fur.\u201d<\/p>\n

Annabelle \u2013 \u201cLike feathers, they can\u2019t digest it.\u201d<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n\n\n\n
How are they sterilised?<\/strong><\/p>\n

Wipe them with a cloth.<\/p>\n

Use washing up liquid.<\/p>\n

Put them under a tap.<\/p>\n

Use a sponge.<\/p>\n

Use chemicals.<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

We learned that they are sterilised in the OVEN!<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

 <\/p>\n

We predicted what an owl pellet…<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n
smells like<\/strong><\/td>\nfeels like<\/strong><\/td>\nlooks like<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
rotten eggs<\/p>\n

dead birds<\/p>\n

rotten food<\/p>\n

rotten mice<\/p>\n

owls<\/p>\n

dead snakes<\/p>\n

 <\/td>\n

bumpy<\/p>\n

a bit smooth<\/p>\n

soft<\/p>\n

hard<\/p>\n

bony<\/p>\n

squidgy<\/p>\n

smooth<\/p>\n

 <\/td>\n

oval<\/p>\n

sausage shape<\/p>\n

cylinder that\u2019s not flat at the top<\/p>\n

a sweetie shape<\/p>\n

brown<\/p>\n

light kind of brown<\/p>\n

browny yellow<\/p>\n

browny white<\/p>\n

grey and black<\/p>\n

light grey<\/p>\n

a whitish colour<\/p>\n

blackish<\/p>\n

creamy colour<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

Then we guessed…<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n
What\u2019s inside<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
some bones\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 bird bones<\/p>\n

snake skull or skin\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 feather<\/p>\n

fur\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 frog leg, arm or finger bones<\/p>\n

mouse bones\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 egg shell<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

 <\/p>\n

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Look at us dissecting owl pellets! What is an owl pellet? Jamie \u2013 \u201cSomething that owls cough up.\u201d Ruth \u2013 \u201cIt\u2019s something that they can\u2019t digest.\u201d Caitlyn \u2013 \u201cIt\u2019s something that they can\u2019t eat.\u201d Max \u2013 \u201cBones and fur.\u201d Annabelle … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5970,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1048],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1934","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-primary-12"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/my\/alves\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1934","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/my\/alves\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/my\/alves\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/my\/alves\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5970"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/my\/alves\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1934"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/my\/alves\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1934\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1935,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/my\/alves\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1934\/revisions\/1935"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/my\/alves\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1934"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/my\/alves\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1934"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/my\/alves\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1934"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}