Barn owls swoop down on rodents and swallow them whole – gophers, voles and mice, gone in a few gulps. But how do they keep down all that food? Well, they don’t. In a few stomach-turning steps, they ...

Barn owls turn mice, gophers and voles into balls of fur and bones known as pellets. Barn owls swoop down on rodents and swallow them whole – gophers, voles and mice, gone in a few gulps. But how do ...