Owl Pellet Dissection Lab
Owl Pellet Dissection Lab
Owl Pellet Dissection Lab
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<strong>Owl</strong> <strong>Pellet</strong> <strong>Dissection</strong> <strong>Lab</strong><br />
8. Talk with other groups and find the types and number of species found in all of<br />
the pellets. Record this in Table 2.<br />
9. Once all bones have been identified, collect your bones in the specimen dish.<br />
Carefully dry as many as you can with one or two pieces of paper towel. Add<br />
the other organic matter (i.e. fur and small miscellaneous pieces). Then, make<br />
a small mark on your specimen dish to be able to identify it, and place your<br />
entire specimen dish in a high temperature oven for drying. Check the organic<br />
matter after 24 hours to record the biomass.<br />
10. Complete the Answer Sheet and make sure both team members<br />
have a copy.<br />
11. Complete the Homework for this lab.<br />
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