Owls usually swallow their prey whole. In owls, the food that they eat goes directly from the mouth to the gizzard. The gizzard is an organ that uses digestive fluids and bits of sand and gravel to grind and dissolve all of the usable tissue from the prey. The owl can digest the muscle, fat, skin, and internal organs of its prey, but what about indigestible material like teeth, skulls, claws and feathers? The owl regurgitates these materials in the form of pellets. Owl pellets allow us to learn about an owl’s lifestyle and eating habits; bones and skulls are easily found in owl pellets so it is simple to identify the owl’s prey. An owl pellet generally reaches its final form a few hours after it has eaten, however the pellet is not ejected
