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You can talk a lot. That's why we subjected our bedding types to an absorption test and filmed it. We tested straw pellets with and without rapeseed, straw granules with and without rapeseed, wood pellets made from softwood, miscanthus pellets, miscanthus wood chips. We poured 300mL of water onto 100g of bedding and left it to stand for half an hour. Conclusion: All pellet types absorbed all of the water. This means that all pellet types were able to absorb three times their own weight in water, and at least some types, such as miscanthus pellets, could even absorb more. The miscanthus wood chips, on the other hand, did not absorb all of it. This is mainly because the surface of the original stalk is relatively smooth, like straw, and not open-pored. It is only through chopping, mixing and pelleting that the bedding develops its true absorbency. By processing it into pellets, the original structure of the miscanthus or straw chips with its smooth surfaces and a spongy core (in the case of miscanthus) becomes a homogeneous mass.