By Gm40
United Kingdom 
What is this pink root-like object that a squirrel dug out of our plant pot?
I now think it is a magnolia seed pod which the squirrel has nicked from the house next door.
It is approx 5 inches end to end and 1 1/2 inches wide at the widest point.Mmany thanks for your replies.
Surprise, surprise ! My wife observed a squirrel in our garden this afternoon 17.10.15 , with another magnolia seed pod. The squirrel dissected the pod and buried the individual seeds in little holes which it dug in our lawn.
15 Oct, 2015
Answers
Don't know what it is but it looks more like some fruiting body that the squirrel was trying to bury in your pot.
15 Oct, 2015
hi it could be a seed pod off a tree peony by the look of it i may be wrong.good luck.
15 Oct, 2015
Agree with Kennyboy. That is the seed pod from a Paeony.
15 Oct, 2015
That doesn't look like a paeony seed pod to me, either tree paeony or the herbaceous kind.
16 Oct, 2015
Alright then, it could be the seed pod from a Magnolia, bit dried up , but certainly a seed pod.
16 Oct, 2015
Yes, just Googled images of Magnolia seed pods, I'm sure that's it.
16 Oct, 2015
I grew some from seedof a Stellata cross.....they need stratifying but fun to do......the biggest is now a bush around 4 foot tall....i hope one day it will flower.......not sure what it will be like though ?
16 Oct, 2015
What is the size Gm40 and welcome to GoY!
15 Oct, 2015