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ChazInAz

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9. I lived in Tucson for over forty years.

Wed Dec 27, 2023, 10:08 AM

Dec 2023

Chollas are a menace. I've seen their segments go flying off in a stiff gust of wind and attach themselves to passers by.
A friend of mine once bicycled down Mount Lemmon Highway at close to light speed, misjudged a hairpin switchback and went sailing into a patch of the fiendish things.This resulted in a week at Tucson Medical Center, just getting the spines out and infections under control.

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David Attenborough encounters the most DANGEROUS plant in the desert! [View all] Ptah Dec 2023 OP

He needs metal gloves LeftInTX Dec 2023 #1

We spend a lot of time in Arizona in the colder months... Enter stage left Dec 2023 #2

texas has a few things a grade or two lower in seriousness Lithos Dec 2023 #4

LOL, we spent a lot of time in Texas too... Enter stage left Dec 2023 #5

I remember those. I grew up in the Antelope Valley. nt AnotherDreamWeaver Dec 2023 #3

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People jere have them in their yards. Warpy Dec 2023 #7

I lived in Tucson for over forty years. ChazInAz Dec 2023 #9

They can be nasty if you blunder into them Warpy Dec 2023 #11

My cousin left the east coast to go to school in AZ EverHopeful Dec 2023 #8

Agree that chollas are bad news. marked50 Dec 2023 #10

the spines jump at you as you walk by k55f5r Jan 2024 #12