The barbs also have hooks that require pliers to remove. Also known as jumping cactus because of how it bounces and sticks immediately to another thing.
Jesus christ. Was in the rainforest the other week and the guide showed us this stinging bush, which apparently really hurts and the pain comes back on the anniversary day for the rest of your life. A French family on the tour crowded really close around it to take photos, even getting the kids to hold branches out of the way.
Humans managed to colonise Australia as much as 100,000 years ago. Presuming we don't destroy ourselves first, we'll find a way to colonise Mars (and much of the solar system). It's what we do. It's just not happening any time soon.
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dual_sport_dork@lemmy.world · 9 pts · 20d
DickFiasco@sh.itjust.works · 8 pts · 20d
Stay away from the cholla! That shit can pierce through the sole of a shoe.
ChicoSuave@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 20d
The barbs also have hooks that require pliers to remove. Also known as jumping cactus because of how it bounces and sticks immediately to another thing.
FluidBeef@quokk.au · 4 pts · 19d
Jesus christ. Was in the rainforest the other week and the guide showed us this stinging bush, which apparently really hurts and the pain comes back on the anniversary day for the rest of your life. A French family on the tour crowded really close around it to take photos, even getting the kids to hold branches out of the way.
DickFiasco@sh.itjust.works · 3 pts · 19d
Ooof. They sound like the people that try to get a picture with a bison.
DickFiasco@sh.itjust.works · 2 pts · 19d
Can confirm. I had to pull the spines out of my buddy's foot with a Leatherman pliers after he stepped on one.
YaDownWitCPP@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 20d
It's so barren and dry. I don't understand how anyone could think that Mars would ever be able to sustain life.
mursejoy@lemmy.zip · 4 pts · 20d
I think the same thing about Phoenix and Las Vegas… a testament to mankind’s hubris.
skribe@piefed.social · 2 pts · 19d
Humans managed to colonise Australia as much as 100,000 years ago. Presuming we don't destroy ourselves first, we'll find a way to colonise Mars (and much of the solar system). It's what we do. It's just not happening any time soon.
Swaus01@piefed.social · 4 pts · 20d
Got any pictures of Jupiter or Venus too?
I love it
mursejoy@lemmy.zip · 4 pts · 20d
I do have some photos of the moon Endor… I’ll post next.
FluidBeef@quokk.au · 4 pts · 19d
I have pictures of Uranus.
tanisnikana@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 19d
This is fantastic.
Also I would touch that cactus just to make sure it’s a bad time, then be immediately frustrated with myself.
mursejoy@lemmy.zip · 3 pts · 19d
Thank you! Yeah those guys are a bad time. What’s scary is they cling to you like jumping cactus so they are hard to remove.
Multiplexer@discuss.tchncs.de · 3 pts · 20d
Basically looks exactly like my backyard does at the moment. 😥
mursejoy@lemmy.zip · 3 pts · 20d
Two seconds away from a brush fire lol
Multiplexer@discuss.tchncs.de · 3 pts · 20d
Definitely. Park your car with its hot catalytic converter at the wrong spot and watch the world turn into fiery apocalypse...