And it got better. Hip bones, leg bones, backbones, and even the tiny claws. It was all there, a complete little skeleton-without all of that obtrusive flesh covering up the good stuff. The pellets that we study in the classroom are the end products of an owl's digestive process. This is because of the different feeding styles of the two groups.
Some bone is ingested, but almost never the complete skeleton.
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