These are used for catching their prey. Owls are different from other birds because they eat rabbits, mice, skunks, rats, snakes, lizards, and fish. When owls eat they sometimes tear and swallow. They eat by tearing and ripping with their beaks and claws. Some owls prey on birds.
Owls eat meat which is called prey.
Owls hunt at night for night animals like mice rabbits, foxes, bats, snakes, skunks, raccoons, possums, lizards, and rats. Owls hear very well so that they can catch their food. You cannot hear owls when they are hunting at night because of their feathers. Owls spit out the food in pellets which have bones. Owls find their homes in many places like caves, tree holes, trunks, old buildings, farms, barns, bushes, airports, forests, and cactuses.