I just had to do this: This is coming from the nature. Found it this morning.  I say no more. 

How interesting! I've no idea!

HEHE !!!  I guessed it right away... well, after few minutes. But i was amazed, when i found out.... :)

i think ist must be a germ capsule from a tree...? but witch one, have to google

could be Pistachio?

Nope :-D.... later i will tell what the material feels like :-)

No Pistachio :)

Hi Helle,

Are these old seed capsules of Lunaria?

Greetings, Mies.

Hi Mies
Hope, it is not :-)

Quote - Hi Mies
Hope, it is not :-)

Why not, Helle?
That's a beautiful plant, also for decoration, after peeling there 'seed-cornflakes' ;-)

sorry i should have written NOPE, it is not and not Hope it is not 

Quote - sorry i should have written NOPE, it is not and not Hope it is not 

Oh yes, Helle-dear, that is what can happens, by having that avatar, hé?
:rolleyes:

One thinks about chips... Another idea? Strange mushrooms?

NO, far from any of that :-)  Look at the shape. What in the nature can fit such a shape???
That is how I found out.

are thes mussels from Dänemark? never has been there...
because of the many wind perhaps they have strange outlines???
or not??? its realy strange, no Pistachios?

If it's not a fungi, maybe a bud casing?

Wait! A failed attemped at pancakes?  ;D

Nope, Not from Pistachios, nor budcasing or pancakes. lol!

But.... I can say so much, that...... it is not from a plant. More interesting than that.
Well, I find it amazing and yet  so simple. 

At first, realizing this is Danish in origin, I thought they were egg case fragments from wandering benches, but then I realized that wandering Danish Benches only exist in my warped imagination.
I have no idea what these are, but for some reason I think they might be shells of some sort?  From some kind of clams or muscles?

Okay, if it's not from a plant, it must be from an animal!

Hmmmmm ...

Will you give me a hint?  Are these soft, or hard?

"If your pictures aren't good enough, you're not close enough."  ...  Robert Capa

Chip, it is not from the sea.

Tara, it is hard 

They usually come only in the spring

Hi Helle,

If it appears only in spring, so it can not be from Santa Claus.
Provided that, this guy in Denmark prefers springtime .:ohmy:

Now I think that it could be the shelling of a broken bird's egg.
And otherwise the feathers of a chicken or bird in moult, but that latest, I guess its 'nope', again!

But, as it would be a broken bird-egg, from which bird does this egg come, then?

From a strange bird, with difficult questions???

Not from any bird, so yes, it is a NOPE again :-) 
As you see, I found four of them and they look the same, but not the same size. 
The material could actually be same as with egg shells, but not for the same purpose.

Look again and notice, that they are turning the exact same way all 4.
BTW, they make me think about Yin and yang. :) But that has nothing to do with it.

The broken cocoon of an insect, for sure!!!
???

 so that could be shell? it must be it...
i am sure you by it from IKEA, perhaps as table decoration?

HIHIHI ! NO Pri........ no no :-)

WEEEELLLL MIES..... not as far as you think... kind of.... but.... not really, but a little for the same purpose... PROTECTION is the magic word :)

They look like they would be custom-made storage shells for beetle's wings!  Perhaps when the beetles fly from Denmark to America (on an airplane) they pack extra wings in these little suitcases.  Just in case the first pair gets wet when they go to the beach ... you know, how you do!  :)

Oh Helle ... I am at a loss!  I think perhaps these exist only in your country. 

Okay, here is my next question.  You can ignore everything else, I'm just thinking out loud:

Do they have anything to do with insects?  They look quite small.

"If your pictures aren't good enough, you're not close enough."  ...  Robert Capa

Here is one, so you can see the size.   It is a toothpick.

Okay, I'll think about this today while I'm at work!   I'm out the door ... see you tonight!  :)

"If your pictures aren't good enough, you're not close enough."  ...  Robert Capa

Have a nice day Tara :-)

If animals could speak, you would here a little voice saying right now:

"That's my front door..!!!"

;o))

We do not see things as they are. ǝɹɐ ǝʍ sɐ sƃuıɥʇ ǝǝs ǝʍ
 

YEESSSS Geert, that is exactly right :-))) I am sure you know what it is

Yes I do. I know a front door when I see one..! ;o)

We do not see things as they are. ǝɹɐ ǝʍ sɐ sƃuıɥʇ ǝǝs ǝʍ
 

HEHE !    Now lets see more guesses, before we tell them. 

The trap doors from them Spiders that live in the ground?

No, Kim it is not :-)

I know that those things exist in a packet as a defense to stop the move.
But you said it "came from nature." What a 'Hell of a job, Helle**'** !

LOL! From the nature yes and a hell of a job to create it ...... i think....  or maybe it just comes naturally :)

holy cow! maybe there are daisy's leefes? you know, the white ones around the blossom?
are im right????????? or did you have buy it online:)

oh no, sorry you said it is not from a plant? realy not? im just a little confused...   go to bed...
se you tomorrow! perhaps i will dream of this strange things

noopeee, go and dream about the shape of this eehh front door. Sweet dreams.

Something of ants or bees / wasps; which they left behind, when the come out of there winter-sleep!  ?????
Bye, I'm going into my 'nest/bed. (I need a spring-sleep!)

No and sleep well :-)

Snails!  Is this the hard end of a moon snail from the beach?  You know ... its front door.  I can't think of what they're called!

"If your pictures aren't good enough, you're not close enough."  ...  Robert Capa

Oh dang.  Bill just pointed out to me that you already said it wasn't from the sea.

Do land snails have a similar thing?

"If your pictures aren't good enough, you're not close enough."  ...  Robert Capa

YUP! Tara it is exactly what it is... the front door to the same kind of snail, I oploaded on my gallery, even the very same day, as I started this thread HEHEHE!!   Who is the sneaky one now?

But I must emphasize, that it was Geert (Girsempa), who came up first with the right answer ... kind of... well, he didnt say exactly, but it was very obvious, that he knew.

aha!!! never i could find this out!
Helle and Tara, you both are a great oberserver of nature!
congratulations and it was fun

HAHA ! Isnt it amazing what to find in the nature?  :-)

Girsempa, congratulations, you was the first, you know it long before...

Yes! Which animal needs a front door? One that carries a house, of course...

Although in real life it's called a "calcareous epiphragm".

All repeat now:

"a Calcareous Epiphragm"                 

Here's a link that explains a bit more:

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Epiphragm

We do not see things as they are. ǝɹɐ ǝʍ sɐ sƃuıɥʇ ǝǝs ǝʍ
 

Quote: Yes! Which animal needs a front door? One that carries a house, of course...

LOL !!    Yes of course
Thank you very much for this info and link Geert. It really explains it all.

Finally, the mystery is solved. And I'm relieved ;-)
Congratulations, Geert!

That's pretty exciting!  Thanks, Helle.  I knew of sea creatures who did this, but had no idea land snails did the same thing.  (And thanks to Geert for the link!)

I was so absorbed in your challenge I even talked to a coworker about it.  He will be fascinated to know the answer!

Thank you for such a fun challenge. 

"If your pictures aren't good enough, you're not close enough."  ...  Robert Capa

And thank you too for having fun with me, Tara. I didnt even know about the sea creature, that does such things, so I learned something here too. But I was deeply fascinated, when I discovered what these little things were. :-D  I hope this will give an idea for somone else to make a thread of an odd thing we could guess on. :-)

Okay I can stop racking my brain now. LOL! That was just sneeky Helle!  ;)

Who remembers what we used to call this feature?   I believe it was WOE, meaning What On Earth is it.    I believe the first person to identify would put up the next WOE.    It is a good game and challenging, well, unless I do the photo. Mine have been identified easily even when I thought it would be difficult.

Yeah, It could be such fun to continue this game :-)

I would like to see another begin.

If not some kind of seeds, they are laughing out tear drops from me. Ha Ha Ha Ha

QUOTE: I believe the first person to identify would put up the next WOE ( WHat On Earth is this)

YES Tom, and this time it was GEERT!!!!!!!!!

Girsempa, dont you just have a tiny weeny little strange image, we could guess what is????