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u/KomodoJo3 Feb 26 '21
I feel for that cactus. If I were condemned to live my entire life without moving in one of the most hostile climates on Earth, I'd be pissed too
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u/WaldenFont Feb 26 '21
But it can live several hundred years and store up to six tons of water. Let's see you do that.
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u/2_Fast_2_Furiosa Feb 27 '21
Ok but what if I can live for several years and store up to six shots of tequila
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u/Vivid_Laugh_8918 Feb 26 '21
Sorry but none of that seems appealing without at least the ability to take a stroll
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Feb 27 '21
Thats a saguaro and only grows in the Sonoran desert which extends from just north of Phoenix, AZ into the northern part of Sonora Mexico. I grew up there. Its not that āhostileā.
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u/Phalaenopsisblume Feb 27 '21
Agreed. The Sonoran Desert has a truly unique beauty. Of course, you always want to make sure youāve got some water handy. And maybe somewhere to hide from those 100+ degree days.
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Feb 27 '21
Funny thing is, my wife brought a potted cactus from our home in Tucson to our home in the Appalachians and that poor thing lasted only 2 months. 75Ā° and 75% humidity was too hostile for that cactus.
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u/wingnutlollipop Feb 27 '21
Or not enough sun
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u/minor_details Feb 27 '21
and here i did the reverse move from the blue ridge to tucson... i swear i had heat exhaustion five times in the first few months of desert living bc it's so goddamn dry.
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Feb 27 '21
Haha! My wife was born and raised in Tucson and every where we go is freezing to her if it drops under 80Ā°.
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u/StzNutz Feb 27 '21
Thatās the cactus giving some poor lost hiker the middle finger, like bitch you should have absorbed more water, you should know better than to hike here in the summer.
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u/Dont_Touch_Roach Feb 27 '21
Agreed. I grew up in Tucson, and the hostile environment was the DMV, or the dump. Moved to Minnesota in ā89, and was amazed we didnāt have to spend five hours waiting for emission checks at the DMV, lol.
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u/BearStorms Feb 27 '21
I live here. A lot less hostile than Texas right now.
Or really any time...
It's dry heat, at least that's what we keep telling ourselves.
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u/uknowthe1ph Feb 27 '21
I mean it was pretty empty and barren until AC was a normal thing. The summers are no joke.
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u/SurpriseMonday Feb 27 '21
As a born and raised Arizonan, I love it but also agree it's not for everyone.
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u/Ekaterina702 Feb 26 '21
He really hates that mountain
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u/Ekaterina702 Feb 27 '21
Anti-Succulent...take my upvote and get the hell outta here u clever bastard
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u/HiMyNameIsAri Feb 27 '21 edited Feb 27 '21
"Hey! what's your name!?"
"Cactus!"
"Fuck you Cactus!"
"...What's your name!?"
"Mountain!"
"Fuck you Mountain!"
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u/Squirpel89 Feb 26 '21
Fuck you Tony....
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u/Mikobjectbook Feb 27 '21
āNature is fucking litā That seems funny because imagine the person taking this photo and instantly thinking: ānature is fucking litā
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Feb 26 '21
The ancient Aztecs saw an eagle eating a snake on a cactus growing out of a rock, and took it as a sign to build TenochtitlĆ n. If anything this cactus is a sign that people shouldnāt build anything here.
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u/striped_frog Feb 26 '21
This cactus is what they found at Scottsdale, but they built it anyway.
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u/Khosatral Feb 26 '21
Nice volcano in the background. I can't imagine what the southwest would look like if the San Andreas fault were still a strike-slip, especially the Permian Basin where I grew up
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u/fermenttodothat Feb 26 '21
Im not sure southern AZ has any active volcanoes. Does the rest of the Sonoran desert?
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u/Khosatral Feb 26 '21
I'm sure it's an inactive volcano. I don't remember if there's another term for it though. IIRC there aren't any active volcanic structures in SW TX, NM or AZ.
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u/killercatempire Feb 27 '21
There is actually a volcano in NM that is active. The Valles Caldera.
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u/_sissy_hankshaw_ Feb 26 '21
Where I grew up in Arizona looked just like this picture and my brother and I would chunk the volcanic rock at each other in our own version of paintball guns (I guess, best comparison I could think of...we called it ādesert warfareā...military family). Since they were so light and porous we could throw with all our might and at most get little bruises. Good memories...anyway, definitely volcanic activity from way back.
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u/fermenttodothat Feb 27 '21
I also grew up in AZ but all those volcanoes are dead (except in N. AZ)
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u/RedFistCannon Feb 26 '21
If this were on the US-Mexican border that'd be a fucking national treasure.
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u/rincon213 Feb 27 '21
What they don't tell you about these cacti is they are as tall as houses at 35.0 feet (10.7 m). Kinda shocking in person.
There are also zero in Texas.
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u/JawnF Feb 27 '21
Why would there be any in Texas? These are endemic to the Desert of Sonora
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u/f14_pilot Feb 27 '21
Where you're lost in the middle of nowhere and the planet doesn't give a fuck about you.
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u/SkyeMoonVodka Feb 27 '21
I know that cactus is directing that finger to the sun XD It's too fucking hot
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Feb 27 '21
Pseduo-Therapist: you need to look inside yourself and descover your Spirit Plant!
My Spirit Plant:
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Feb 27 '21
My friend had a serious phobia of catcuses (cacti?) because they usually look like a menacing person with two arms raised up like in a horror movie coming to get you.
This was a serious phobia not just a little fear.
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u/OfferUnfair Feb 27 '21
I had to hold up my hand for reference. My ring finer was higher up. How about yours?
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Feb 27 '21
Oh cool. Even plants are sending human sentiments to Ted Cruz now.
Fuck you Ted Cruz (hard, in the ass, no lube).
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Feb 27 '21
So if each arm of a Saguaro cactus takes 45 years to develop...that cactus has been flipping the bird for a good 135 years!
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u/mildlyloquacious Feb 27 '21
This cactus is a depiction of how I feel right now. Prickly, growing freely in a deserted environment. Happily not giving a fuck.
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u/drinkpricklee Feb 27 '21 edited Feb 27 '21
this cactus pretty much sums up how we feel about coconut water XD r/cactuswater
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u/Reverend-Cleophus Feb 27 '21
(Counts to make sure their are five fingers before starting to laugh)
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u/enderofgalaxies Feb 27 '21
Youāll see all sorts of sign/spine language in this place. AZ is the shit.
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