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Opuntia erinacea

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By Hywel


Opuntia erinacea

Very sharp spines - like needles !



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Can you get liquid from these, if say one was stranded in the desert without water? Would be a prickly job!

15 Nov, 2013

 

I suppose you could get some liquid from it, but not very much - The pads are rather thin ... and very prickly. So it would be difficult, and probably not worth the bother ... unless you were almost dehydrated.

15 Nov, 2013



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