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The Brain Scoop: How Bird Vomit Helps Us Understand History

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What can scientists learn from dissecting owl pellets? Host Emily Graslie visits with paleontologist Matt McDowell, and they discuss how owl pellets can be used by scientists to learn about certain aspects of an ecosystem. Part of "The Brain Scoop" series.

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Runtime: 8 minutes 2 seconds

Topic: Science
Subtopic: Biology, Birds, Ecology
Grade/Interest Level: 10 - 12
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Release Year: 2016
Producer/Distributor: The Field Museum
Series: The Brain Scoop

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Illustration of a skeleton. Arrows indicate the front right toe and back left heel. Caption: Their elongated heel bone and Achilles tendon.

Closeup of an animal with a pointed snout, large claws, and overlapping scales covering its body. Caption: They are covered in keratin scales,

Person speaking. Caption: To de-extinct a species requires finding viable DNA,

Person speaking. Caption: that's a lot of species -- which ones do we bring back?

Person gesturing above an open book. The book has a broken spine and faded, handwritten text. Caption: So we catalogue the most primitive first

Person speaking. Caption: Well, today we're gonna talk about mammalian diversification.

Person holding a skeleton approximately the length of her thumb. Caption: …each of the limbs, and the scapula.

Person holding a taxidermized flying squirrel with legs extended. Caption: As you know, flying squirrels don't fly, they glide.

Platypus with a duck-like snout, webbed feet, and a furry body. Caption: They're the craziest things I've seen in my life.

Giant walking stick pinned to a board for display. Caption: This one's from Malaysia.