What pukes on its victim before it eats it?

some raptors do

Published on November 13, 2004 By LeapingLizard In Misc

With my youth club, I went to the Raptor Center today. They were facinated. They got to see raptors poop, talk about vomiting, and talk about viscious things like how hooked beaks work well to meat off other living things. Yikes! I was facinated. I can't wait to go back and have them bring journals. Think of all the things they could write about! Turkey vultures have bald heads because they eat so many gross things that their head would be nasty if it were covered in feathers. They have a nose that goes all the way through the beak (you can see through it from one side to the other) because having stinky rotting meat smell stuck inside a nose like ours isn't favorable. I can envision fantastic creative and informational writing already!

Comments

SSG Geezer

on Nov 13, 2004

Cool stuff!
Did the kids pay close attention? And what grade are they?

You should post some of their entries if they think it is OK. It may be pretty funny.

LeapingLizard

on Nov 15, 2004

Geezer

The kids are from 6 yrs to 13 yrs old. It's a youth club for elementary and middle schoolers that meets on Saturday. I didn't have them bring their journals this time, but next time, I surely will. I'll post some entries, too!

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