![I lived around cholla for 30 years. The fun for that guy has only begun.
The spines can’t be pulled out, because they break off. The pods must be clipped off, and the spines cut out surgically.
What about the ones that broke off under the skin and can’t be seen, you ask? (There are many) The docs wait until they become infected so they can see their location.
They always become infected. The one-way “barb fur” on the spines picks up all manner of crap from the air and are coated with it.
In the pre-antibiotic days falling into cholla (usually off a horse) was frequently fatal.
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I lived around cholla for 30 years. The fun for that guy has only begun.
The spines can’t be pulled out, because they break off. The pods must be clipped off, and the spines cut out surgically.
What about the ones that broke off under the skin and can’t be seen, you ask? (There are many) The docs wait until they become infected so they can see their location.
They always become infected. The one-way “barb fur” on the spines picks up all manner of crap from the air and are coated with it.
In the pre-antibiotic days falling into cholla (usually off a horse) was frequently fatal.
[via Reddit]
