Animals?

This afternoon when I stepped into the garage to continue the project, I was unable to locate my earplugs. I had two foam earplugs connected by a plastic cord to keep them from getting separated. When I finally found a trace of them, only the plastic cord remained.

My conclusion is that during the night, some animal got into the garage somehow (it was closed), sniffed the tasty earwax on the earplugs, and simply ate them (!) leaving behind the cord that connected them. The cord ends looked neatly snipped as if by scissors.

Yes, I know it sounds gross, but everything is food for something in this world.