That's the beginnings of a landing of pods. You know, the sort that when full-sized suck small family members in and genetically reproduce some rather nicer versions of them. I bought one of these online about 7 years ago and my tiny mother has been wonderfully giving ever since. And no longer gives me any of her damn lip.
We had one of those at the weekend, wasn't too impressed about the spike in its tail, so the dog didn't kill or eat it I chucked it over into our neighbours garden