USelaine, 8 months ago

@ai6yr
Listen up bro I got some spikes
I know what happens on those hikes
My pad is what every creature likes
Survive with pliers—tell your tykes!
record scratch

ai6yr, 8 months ago

@USelaine They are tasty (once spines are removed). Well, I like them, my family does not.

njwatt, 8 months ago

@USelaine @ai6yr
When a fool touches me he’ll shout owwww
Or if it’s a cat a plaintive meowwww
When you see me just look don’t touch
For your soft hands I’m just too much

stevewfolds, 8 months ago

@ai6yr

ai6yr, 8 months ago

@stevewfolds That's a pretty (and less lethal) one!

hisstogramma, 8 months ago

@ai6yr Photo taken from internet - sorry I don’t know the source.

ai6yr, 8 months ago

@hisstogramma 😱

ai6yr, 8 months ago

@hisstogramma Apparently that happens now and then (!!) #cactus #nightmare #cholla

robert, 8 months ago

@ai6yr @_L1vY_ @hisstogramma This looks like a bad day IMO

John, 8 months ago

@ai6yr The dragonfruit are cactus, but with small spines .. small enough that I say no I don't need gloves. Then I say "ouch" .. or "Ouch" .. or "Ouch!"

But it's funny. The pain is almost instantaneous, and then gone, and there are no lasting effects, and so .. no I don't need gloves.

ai6yr, 8 months ago

@John Nice looking flower! I have been getting flowers, but the fruit has not taken this year (crossing fingers on the latest).

John, 8 months ago

@ai6yr oh! Good luck

andybrwn, 8 months ago

@ai6yr I lived at one place where these were grown on the inside side of a fence so that anyone who tried to hop over would get a nasty surprise

ai6yr, 8 months ago

@andybrwn Carissa macrocarpa is a good one for that too... used as a burglar deterrent in South Africa, but also tasty. https://plants.ces.ncsu.edu/plants/carissa-macrocarpa/

andybrwn, 8 months ago

@ai6yr I grew up with one of those somewhere in the yard!

ncweaver, 8 months ago

@ai6yr
Eh, that is a whatever cactus...

It isn't like a teddy-bear cholla

ai6yr, 8 months ago

@ncweaver ah yes, nature's killer velcro.

ai6yr, 8 months ago

@ncweaver Oh, wow, check this out. https://m.ai6yr.org/@hisstogramma/111076444848040813

ncweaver, 8 months ago

@ai6yr
Owch. IIRC from my days in the Boy Scouts and a desert ecology summer school class, the best tool to remove them is a good stiff black comb.

hisstogramma, 8 months ago

@ai6yr when I was a kid in ABQ we called these cheap burglar alarms (grow them under the window)

ai6yr, 8 months ago

@hisstogramma Ha!

geographile, 8 months ago

@ai6yr my child carries a grudge against prickly pear because about 8 years ago he threw his favorite beach ball, and the wind caught it and spun it into a prickly pear, which popped it.

ai6yr, 8 months ago

@geographile 😂

skiswmm, 8 months ago

@ai6yr a poem, or written from first has experience?

ai6yr, 8 months ago

@skiswmm Just a poem!

BakerRL75, 8 months ago

@ai6yr Ayup. And they hide sight unseen!