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Rice looking clusters #812190
Asked September 26, 2022, 8:49 AM EDT
Dakota County Minnesota
Expert Response
Thanks for the perplexing question.
As starters I don’t have any good ideas. I do, however, have some questions.
1). Besides the ones that your daughter’s dog was gnawing on, are there additional clumps in the yard or are these the only ones?
2). Any idea as to where the dog might have initially found these?
3). If you remove a few of the grains, presumably they are hard. If you broke them open with a hammer, is there a soft inside? This might be a good way to determine whether this is animate or inanimate.
4). If you put some of this material into water, does it dissolve?
Looking forward to your response.