Keep in mind that owls are notoriously stanky

  • Belly_Beanis [he/him]@hexbear.net
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    3 days ago

    I’ve dissected them before and they were odorless. I dunno if that was some kind of special cleaning done beforehand, but they didn’t smell when you opened them. It was like someone tangled up a bunch of bones in a cotton ball and dipped it in tar.

    • BodyBySisyphus [he/him]@hexbear.net
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      It’s because they’re pretty much down to bones and keratin. Anything that could putrify has already been scoured off by the bird’s stomach acids and enzymes.