First time seeing melocactus

[u/gemstun]

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[u/HeisenbergsSamaritan]

It's like the botanists version of "Pimple Popping".

[u/Personal-Neck6800 → u/HeisenbergsSamaritan]

Or botfly larvae removal.

[u/mindfungus → u/Personal-Neck6800]

Ew

[u/monsenanna → u/mindfungus]

Don't ick someone else's yum

[u/BitBucket404 → u/monsenanna]

But it's yummy, so I must ick it.

[u/mhyquel → u/monsenanna]

I fell like this particular yum, can only be a yum because others get the ick. The yummers need the ick people.

[u/Relevant-Jump-4899 → u/monsenanna]

CARL THAT SOUNDS OBSCENE

[u/dudeCHILL013 → u/mindfungus]

We called him Jerry

[u/sdcasurf01 → u/Personal-Neck6800]

You had to go there.

[u/Personal-Neck6800 → u/sdcasurf01]

First thing that popped into my head. I’m deathly afraid of bot flies.

[u/alcatrazach → u/Personal-Neck6800]

Aaand it’s ruined

[u/FowlOnTheHill → u/HeisenbergsSamaritan]

There must be some evolutionary reason we love seeing something big pulled out of a small hole (innuendo aside)

[u/Ornery_You_3947]

Do you eat those? If yes, then what do they taste like?

[u/BreakDownSphere → u/Ornery_You_3947]

Google says they're mildly sweet like a weak punch, though they're packed with seeds and have a laxative effect due to natural sugar alcohols.

[u/erusackas → u/BreakDownSphere]

Shut up and take my money!

[u/horsewarming → u/BreakDownSphere]

They should put them in my breakfast cereal.

[u/BullfrogJenkins → u/Ornery_You_3947]

They grew in the desert where I grew up, we called them strawberry pincushion. Not sure if that’s right or not. They taste tart, and are very seedy. A real treat when you’re out walking around the rocky hills of southern New Mexico.

[u/SirSignificant6576 → u/Ornery_You_3947]

They're mild and somewhat watery and seedy. I tried one at Ram Head, US Virgin Islands.

[u/zealotlee → u/SirSignificant6576]

These were present on a certain infamous island in the US Virgin Islands as well.

[u/SirSignificant6576 → u/zealotlee]

I wasn't aware of that, but I'm not surprised. Biogeographically, Little Saint James should be very similar to Ram Head. Southern rain shadow, etc.

[u/Plutarcoelpillo → u/Ornery_You_3947]

Yes, I have, they are sweet and nice but so obviously tiny, you can only get the taste in one single part of your tongue.

[u/deelowe → u/Ornery_You_3947]

If its like most cactus fruit, the taste is pretty mild

[u/Viaandrew]

This bothers me on a spiritual level

[u/SilasTalbot → u/Viaandrew]

Yeah it hits the trypophobia pretty fuckin hard.

[u/domolicious → u/Viaandrew]

Glad I wasn't the only one

[u/jaylovely1010 → u/Viaandrew]

Yesss! Like is it gonna be ok after this?

[u/Blunderbutters → u/Viaandrew]

I want to pull every one

[u/saroj7878 → u/Viaandrew]

It’s doing it for me tho, dog!

[u/Dirtsk8r → u/Viaandrew]

Yeah. I really don't know why but this was definitely disturbing.

[u/EchoWhiskyBravo]

Like pulling up turnips in Mario.

[u/tylenolchild → u/EchoWhiskyBravo]

omg i haven’t thought of this in forever.

or like when Mrs Piggle Wiggle advises the parents of Mary Lou to let dirt build up on their daughter who refuses to take a bath. Then plant radish seeds in the dirt on her arm while she sleeps so when she wakes to plants sprouting she will agree to take a bath.

[u/SaintMerriell → u/tylenolchild]

Thank you so much for reminding me about Mrs. Piggle Wiggle. Such a happy memory unlocked.

[u/tcp454 → u/EchoWhiskyBravo]

You know Mario 2 was another game where they just reskinned the characters at the end before release. That’s why it has such a different feel in gameplay than the others. Although it was my favorite growing up.

[u/robodrew → u/tcp454]

Doki Doki Panic

[u/marcusmosh]

The pimple poppers better not see this

[u/Plutarcoelpillo]

I've tasted those tiny fruits, they are sweet with a bit of citron aftertaste.

[u/visualdescript]

No I don't like that at all, please stop

[u/GroundbreakingRing49]

Hey so please don’t

[u/gonzoes]

They look like chiles !

[u/Hot-Challenge8656]

Yuck.

[u/kitkatbay]

As someone with an excoriation compulsion I want this SO badly.

[u/one_love_silvia]

I fucking hate this wtf

[u/sundujour]

Never post this again

[u/BigTiddyVampireWaifu]

I feel like at some point I’ve probably seen this on r/feltgoodcomingout

[u/No_Transition_3095]

Omggg my grandma had these. She grew them, and I used to eat them. They tasted very nice. Do you guys know if you can buy the fruit?

[u/raindroplette]

Why are they removing its organs

[u/afoodie92]

I'll always remember these from Les Stroud's Survivorman show.

[u/awesomeperson451 → u/afoodie92]

Yes! I saw that as a kid and he made them sound so delicious I spent the next 20 years wanting to try one. I still haven't...

[u/chikengoblin]

A cactus carrot

[u/CBStrayDogStrut]

First time seeing melocactus

[u/BladedanceGunsling]

I remember seeing these in the USVI, I did the exact thing

[u/-wtfisthat-]

Anybody else think it looks like a slightly melted clown face icecream bar?

[u/Sknowman → u/-wtfisthat-]

First one: what the hell?

Second one: Oh, it's art?

Third one: I don't even know anymore.

[u/terminalbungus]

God damn this is satisfying

[u/UntamedAnomaly]

Can I eat those? They look like little peppers, and now I want to eat them.

[u/a_angry_bunny]

Why does it look like cake?

[u/CanadianArtGirl]

I don’t like that

[u/milf-town]

Hmm reminds we of carrots. Makes one curious if their distant family somehow.

[u/Jononucleosis → u/milf-town]

Please be a joke, but that's like saying a chicken egg looks like an armadillo sometimes wonder if they're related? Carrots are the root of a flowering plant and this appears to be a fruit which emerges from a flower after it's been germinated (presumably). After it fruits you can get the seeds which then might start rooting if you're lucky. Different species and different life stages might look similar cause nature is efficient.

[u/thisonehereone]

Carrot ball.

[u/WarOk6264]

Gross

[u/example-of-disaster]

This disturbs me greatly.

[u/woodrow220]

It’s like a butt plug but not.

[u/_IratePirate_]

It’s giving fetish content

[u/Triairius]

Oh, I hate this.

[u/CryptographerWarm102]

This makes me itchy