News of the Day: Science

I'm starting a new series called "News of the Day" and... well the title is pretty self-explanatory. I just tell you guys interesting stuff that happens from day to day. I won't post this every day, or maybe even not every week, but it's just a little thing for you guys to know what's happening here.

SO ANYWAYZ

Today in science we dissected owl pellets!! Fun!! If you don't know, when an owl eats, it swallows the small animal whole. When it reaches the stomach, the owl digests the meat and the remains of the animal (fur & bones) comes out... like the owl throws it up. These are the little pellets we have to work with. DON'T WORRY, Dr. Penington says! They've been sterilized and cleaned!

Ok once we got our owl pellets, you have to first break it into two halves and you and your partner take one half and extract the bones from it. Everyone was too scared to touch it with their bare hands... until someone like poked theirs and he was like "IT'S SAFE" hahah but still, most people tried to take the bones out with their wooden probes (they look like solid wood pencils). I finally worked up the guts to just rip it apart and take out the bones. A girl sitting diagonally across from me watched me and she said, "You are the bravest girl I know to be touching it like that!!" so I was like "Uh.. thanks.." because I thought it was no big deal after you get over it. My partner was still too wimp to work with their hands, so they just (OHMYGOD) STABBED THE PELLET AND WE. HEARD. CRUNCHES. HE. CRUSHED. THE. SKULL. THE MOST VITAL BONE THAT WE NEED!! HE JUST STABBED IT AND IT BROKE!!! UUUGH!! I am so mad at him. Then class ended, and I looked over at my friend's desk. He had like black fur all over the place! I was wondering how that much fur could fit into one little square inch pellet!!! It was really gross, but it was also really fun. I hope you guys have the experience of dissecting an owl pellet!

(You know, I think this is my longest post ever... I mean the one with the most words! Wow! It didn't take me very long to type it!!)