Possessed Pasta

So this phenomenon has now happened more than once or even twice... It's something I've never seen before in all my years of making a pot of pasta. And may be unique to this particular type of pasta...? More experiments may be necessary... Maybe you'll try it and see if it happens at your house too... Boil some water, throw some pasta in and walk away for a bit. Come back and see if it looks like this!

The close-up is somewhat reminiscent of barnacles in the tide pools at the beach. Hmmm... Maybe it's just been too long since I've seen the ocean?