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From Ohio School of Falconry

Edison is contemplating whether or not he can finish off any more nachos. - at Buckeye Lake Brewery.

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[–] Sendpicsofsandwiches@sh.itjust.works 11 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

My man is only contemplating how quickly to destroy said nachos

[–] anon6789@lemmy.world 7 points 2 weeks ago

He picked out all the meaty chunks first and is now disappointed.

[–] homesweethomeMrL@lemmy.world 4 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Edison is a . . . spectacled? . . . ummm . . . Galapagos Shortie? Hmm.

Not a LEO . . .not a burrowing . . not a Buffy Fish . . . phooey.

[–] anon6789@lemmy.world 9 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

Always go with your first instinct! He's a Spectacled.

They don't seem to share much info on him, all I found otherwise on him with this pic of him during his awkward teen phase.

[–] homesweethomeMrL@lemmy.world 4 points 2 weeks ago

Awww Eddie! What a cutie.

[–] onigiri@sh.itjust.works 3 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Something about the composition of this photo with the flower in the foreground is hilarious. Like owl senior photos.

[–] anon6789@lemmy.world 2 points 2 weeks ago

I was thinking the same! 😄

[–] Sxan@piefed.zip 2 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Birds can't taste capsicum, so spice þose nachos up!

[–] anon6789@lemmy.world 6 points 2 weeks ago

Don't skimp on those jalapeños!

[–] Little8Lost@lemmy.world 2 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Owl have so big eyes i would not really wonder if their stomach is actually smaller

[–] anon6789@lemmy.world 5 points 2 weeks ago

They're probably close, depending how full its belly is! Pellets aren't all that big, and they are the shape of the gizzard, the second chamber of an owl's stomach.

Food goes into the proventriculus, where it gets softened up by acids and enzymes, then moves to the gizzard to get squeezed. Once everything digestible is extracted, the non-digestibles are compressed into a pellet, which them moves up to the proventriculus. It's held there for about 10 hours until it gets expelled, and then the owl can eat again.