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Spiny!

Poky! Spiny! Sharp!

 

This is a cholla cactus, and I had many encounters with these guys when I lived in Joshua Tree. For instance, when these plants die, they kind of break apart. One day at the bus stop, someone was playing around with a broken segment and they managed to throw it on my arm. Ouch -- it stuck on my wrist, which then lead to little red bumps to form that took a year to disappear. Weird.

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Uploaded on August 17, 2008
Taken on August 9, 2008