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After last night's thunderstorm, these bright orange tentacled things appeared. They're the size and texture of sea anemones, except that my yard isn't part of a tropical coral reef. The tentacles break off easily. One of these things seems to be attached to a needle from the ?juniper tree, but I can't see any in the trees. They're tall trees, so it may be hiding. But I always thought conifers used cones to disseminate seeds, not alien life forms.