Check out Freya demonstrating how owls consume prey items! Most birds cannot chew their food, and owls are no exception!! Owls usually swallow their prey whole but differ from other species of birds because they do not have a crop, the baglike organ used to store food after it has been swallowed so that it can be digested later. Owls swallow their prey whole because they don't have teeth to chew their food. Instead, they use their sharp beaks to tear their prey into pieces, and then swallow the