A 5-year-old girl presents with a 2-week history of recurrent cough and low-grade fever. Flexible laryngoscopy shows a smooth, grayish-white object lodged at the level of the false vocal cords. Which finding best distinguishes an organic foreign body (peanut) from an inorganic foreign body (plastic bead) in the larynx?

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