19K views · 231 reactions | OWL PELLETS -- Special thanks to MDC naturalist Emily Crawford for sending us this video on dissecting owl pellets. | Missouri Dept. of Conservation | Facebook

This owl doesn’t give a hoot who’s watching — it’s just taking care of some typical owl business. 🦉 Owls’ main food sources range from small animals like rodents to other birds, snakes and even skunks. They often gobble these creatures up almost whole, and let their digestive systems sort out the tasty soft-tissue morsels from the potentially hazardous (and much less tasty) bones, feathers and fur. This is how owl castings or “pellets” are created. Did you dissect one of these oval chunks of co