Owl Mouse
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Parley
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Can't tell for sure but it looks like he swallowed that mouse live.
Freshest meat you can get!
He wasn't messing around with that dinner, it was definitely still moving! Also if you watch the upper portion of the video at the 1:08 mark it looks like another mouse runs down from the road. I thought he might've went for that one as well.
The mouse was definitely alive when the owl swallowed it. The first thought came to my mind was would it able to chew through the Owl's belly and came out alive roaring like in the horror movies.
Starglow
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The mouse was definitely alive when the owl swallowed it. The first thought came to my mind was would it able to chew through the Owl's belly and came out alive roaring like in the horror movies.
I doubt it lived very long, but can't imagine the feeling of it squirming around inside the Owl's stomach.
Clark Griswald
Getting comfortable
As a Biology undergrad, I had to collect Owl Pellets for a research paper. Interesting that the owl will encase the prey's bones, within its fur, for release as a Pellet.
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Didn't realize that they could sallow the hole thing! Learn something new every day .
(a.k.a "I can't believe I ate the whole thing!..." -->)
.(a.k.a "I can't believe I ate the whole thing!..." -->)
If the mouse was alive when swallowed, why couldn't it just eat it's way out?
Prey swallowed whole is always ingested head first. So, my guess is the mouse quickly suffocates, drowns, or is paralyzed on the way to the owl's stomach.