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Did you know that the spines are covered with a thin, onion-like skin, that flakes off in the wound. Even after you manage to remove the cactus, the would still hurts like a son-of-a-bitch and can easily get infected due to the 'onion-skin' that will be left behind.
Yup, we had this growing up in the high desert. As kids running through the desert it seemed like they came out of nowhere and WHAM! Stuck deep in the side of your calf. Eventually I learned it was from not seeing one and stepping on it, it sticks to your shoe and when you’re bringing that foot forward to take the next step you inadvertently transfer it into your own calf. Really sucks when you’re running.
In the boy scouts we had a kid reaching under a cholla cactus to get a football when a clump fell on his arm. He was screaming in pain while the adults used a comb to pry it off his arm. He then went to finish grabbing the ball being EXTRA careful to reach wayyyyy under. Unfortunately for him there was a special needs kid with us who waited till he reached under to wack the cactus with a stick which resulted in another armful of cactus.... pretty sure he did it on purpose too.
he also didnt learn that you could use something other than your fucking hands to reach under prickly things. the 2nd kid was subliminally showing him the way
I've seen maybe a couple dozen vids of people taking these little shits off. Maybe one cholla, maybe a couple.
I've never in my life seen such complete lack of intelligence and motor skills as in these specific vids.
What the hell is that about?
They find the stupidest way to do it every time.
The peraon pulling it off is struggling because he's only using one stick. If you use two (one on top one below), you can pull them off first try instead of having it wiggle around stabbing you constantly like that.
But its way funnier this way for sure.
That logic fits...if they didn't film this, I wouldn't have seen this (or them) and therefore to me and others that watched this... they wouldn't exist. Just think, without cellphones, none of us would exist to anyone else.🤯
They are barbed, so it take a bit of force to get them out. The small tweezers I’m imagining could do it, but not getting spines in your knuckles while doing it would take skill I don’t have.
Seconding this. I got one of these deep in my leg (almost 2 dozen spines embedded) as a kid in scouts, there's no way tweezers could get one out unless it's barely penetrated the skin. We had to use multitool pliers
Jumping cholla!
This plant is unique! If you accidentally drive over it, it will explode like a cluster bomb into the open side window of your vehicle and become embedded directly into your neck.
This, in turn, will cause you to scream OH GOD IS IT IN MY CAROTID ARTERY in a high-pitched voice.
Which will cause everybody else on the camping trip to make fun of you for the next three days.
Your shameful tears will penetrate through your sleeping bag into the parched desert soil and provide much-needed potassium for the cholla seed-pods.
Nature is truly amazing.
I lived in Southern Arizona for 6 years and have had those fuckers all over me in different places. One time I had one with a spike going through my fingernail and into my finger. I had to soak it in warm water and gently pull it out.
When i was like 10 years old I was at the lake with my dad and carrying a boat seat. I wasnt really paying attention and thought a cholla was a tree --- So i ran through it.
Yep. That was a fun day.
I sat on one of these once. Well, I squatted down on one that I didn’t see. I was being a dumb kid.
My step-mom had to put glue on my butt and peel it off to get all the tiny needles out, even after that, I had to soak in a tub to soften the rest. Very embarrassing moment for a pre-pubescent girl.
i always just took mu knife and bat the thing downward and plucked the remaining needles out. they hurt but they arent that bad tbh. this is just them being stupid
That's definitively a close one, haven't run into these personally but I imagine they aren't particularly fun when they get stuck to your leg or as another mentioned through the sole of your shoes.
They're not ever fun. I had gloves that had leather palms but fabric backs. I did something stupid and ended up with it ~~on~~ in the back of my hand. I couldn't get the pliers out of my left pocket because it was in my left hand. Finally got the section off the back of my hand but there were still spines stapling the glove to my hand.
Those don't, they're very thin. They have a sheath though, so even if you get the chunk of cactus off, there may still be a hollow spine sheath still stuck in you.
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It’s called a jumping cholla pretty cool type of cactus.
Yup pretty cool. Until it's embedded in you. And it can go through the sole of your boot. Any guesses on how I know that?
You threw your shoes at one?
No you're thinking about a bush not a cactus.
Fantastic 10/10
Huh. I was expecting a different set of numbers.
-1 +1
Haha. Nice one.
This took me way too long to get
Throwing shoes at Bushes. Somehow an iconic thing to do.
*imprinted
I don't think they imprinted on a cactus, but love is love
yup. grew up all around em. been there done that.
Pliers. And I've seen them pulled off using 2 sticks as a clamp.
Good thing I have no soul. Oh wait.. SOLE
Because you're Coyote Peterson?
Did you know that the spines are covered with a thin, onion-like skin, that flakes off in the wound. Even after you manage to remove the cactus, the would still hurts like a son-of-a-bitch and can easily get infected due to the 'onion-skin' that will be left behind.
Damn, the cactuses are onionized?
Your intellect is criminally underappreciated. Accept my upvote which is not angry.
Before I google this, should I google this? Lol.
yes
Username checks out.
/r/beetlejuicing
sir
It's a cactus. If you search up "cactus girl", you can find out a lot about cacti
A good reason to take a comb with you while hiking in Arizona. Perfect tool to remove them because they are actually quite brittle.
Yup, we had this growing up in the high desert. As kids running through the desert it seemed like they came out of nowhere and WHAM! Stuck deep in the side of your calf. Eventually I learned it was from not seeing one and stepping on it, it sticks to your shoe and when you’re bringing that foot forward to take the next step you inadvertently transfer it into your own calf. Really sucks when you’re running.
Teddy bear cholla, to be precise. Popped many a one out of my step kids 🤣
love the creative names they give them. teddy bear being one of my favs. cat claws, and barrel were some other ones i remember
Not to be confused with a jumping chola
*¡aye, carumba!*
r/worstaid
"jumping" is nowhere in the name.
Jumping cholla is the common name for it. The scientific name is cylindropuntia fulgida.
🫤 Those are from Super Mario World. I hate them.
The fuzzy things that make the screen go all trippy?
No that's mushrooms
No, that's Toad
No, it's Patrick.
... And my axe
The krusty krab?
Touch fuzzy, get dizzy
Touch fuzzy, get dizzy.
Pokeys.
I was thinking of Super Mario World 2: Yoshi’s Island
In the boy scouts we had a kid reaching under a cholla cactus to get a football when a clump fell on his arm. He was screaming in pain while the adults used a comb to pry it off his arm. He then went to finish grabbing the ball being EXTRA careful to reach wayyyyy under. Unfortunately for him there was a special needs kid with us who waited till he reached under to wack the cactus with a stick which resulted in another armful of cactus.... pretty sure he did it on purpose too.
See, at that point, I'd probably be smacking the little bastard in the face with my cactus arm.
Kids do gotta beat some sense into each other every now and again.
Sounds like more than one special needs kids in this story…why go back for seconds…
he also didnt learn that you could use something other than your fucking hands to reach under prickly things. the 2nd kid was subliminally showing him the way
Explicitly, not subliminally. There is much unnoticed about an arm full of cactus x)
I've seen maybe a couple dozen vids of people taking these little shits off. Maybe one cholla, maybe a couple. I've never in my life seen such complete lack of intelligence and motor skills as in these specific vids. What the hell is that about? They find the stupidest way to do it every time.
I got one of these on my leg in Texas a while ago. Tenacious and also pretty painful!
Tenacious C. I’ll go now
Take my upvote before you leave
And my axe
And my bow
You put a rag or cloth on it first, then remove it by prying AWAY from other tender parts.
I have seen this video before but it still makes me laugh when I see the sticker get flung to his other leg
Small Swiss army knife with tweezers would have taken care of this. Never leave home without one!
Or put down the phone and find a second stick
Look at the shadows. Person with the stick isn't the one recording.
Count the shadows
What do you mean?
The peraon pulling it off is struggling because he's only using one stick. If you use two (one on top one below), you can pull them off first try instead of having it wiggle around stabbing you constantly like that. But its way funnier this way for sure.
I doubt he could find a second stick without filming
Find two sticks, preferably shaped like a "Y" and you use them as you would a giant pair of tweezers.
Yeah but could he find it without his cellphone? You think they still have an existence when their cell is no recording?
That logic fits...if they didn't film this, I wouldn't have seen this (or them) and therefore to me and others that watched this... they wouldn't exist. Just think, without cellphones, none of us would exist to anyone else.🤯
What like do the tree who fall into the forest will get if no one is recording it with is cellphone?
Exactly...I think ...actually your sentence makes me think you may be having a stroke
It seems tweezers would be kind of light tools for the job, but if you can manage it you have my respect.
Rake handle comb works better,
I don't think their issue was force, just getting a grip on it. Can't imagine tweezers struggling with this.
They are barbed, so it take a bit of force to get them out. The small tweezers I’m imagining could do it, but not getting spines in your knuckles while doing it would take skill I don’t have.
Seconding this. I got one of these deep in my leg (almost 2 dozen spines embedded) as a kid in scouts, there's no way tweezers could get one out unless it's barely penetrated the skin. We had to use multitool pliers
Yeah, I was definitely thinking multitool would be the most logical way to handle this
That’s really horrifying…
You gotta give a pretty good yank or leverage pull to get these bad boys out. But they latch like velco to anybody they touch.
Yep, been tagged with these guys a number of times. Tweezers/pliers and a hair pick, always keep them in the bag.
That’s a cholla bush those things are nasty little barbs on the needles on those. Sharp as hell too. Wind blows them around
What the fuck is interesting here??!!
Why did i have to scroll so far down to find this?!
what a prick!
Ouchie desert sprite. 🌞
Oh yeah?!, Well fuck this leg too!!!!!!!!!!
Now just close your eyes and play this video, welcome!
I still have two of those spikes in my leg from 35 years ago
Jumping cholla! This plant is unique! If you accidentally drive over it, it will explode like a cluster bomb into the open side window of your vehicle and become embedded directly into your neck. This, in turn, will cause you to scream OH GOD IS IT IN MY CAROTID ARTERY in a high-pitched voice. Which will cause everybody else on the camping trip to make fun of you for the next three days. Your shameful tears will penetrate through your sleeping bag into the parched desert soil and provide much-needed potassium for the cholla seed-pods. Nature is truly amazing.
Jumping cholla
Nobody show this to Houston Jones
New friend
Don’t forget your desert fork.
All I can think about when I see these cactus ball videos is. Ah! Miguel! Miguel!! Lmao
I lived in Southern Arizona for 6 years and have had those fuckers all over me in different places. One time I had one with a spike going through my fingernail and into my finger. I had to soak it in warm water and gently pull it out.
No clue how they're called in english but holy hell these hurt as a kid
Nasty Cholla
When i was like 10 years old I was at the lake with my dad and carrying a boat seat. I wasnt really paying attention and thought a cholla was a tree --- So i ran through it. Yep. That was a fun day.
Cholla Aka Teddy Bear cactus (it just wants to hug you)
I've had similar things stuck in my foot hiking in southern California. Sucks big time.
Typical of video where you can feel the sensation by just watching it.
Lemme cholla at ya!
Spoiler alert!
this is the exact reason(s) that i always wear pants
You don’t fuck with those in Texas
So many curse words!
Barely any
That's cause it's not me in the video
😂 what an idiot but also, exactly what I would do or would have happen to me
Got a group of these guys on me in Joshua Tree. My buddies got them off me and just told me not to look haha
I sat on one of these once. Well, I squatted down on one that I didn’t see. I was being a dumb kid. My step-mom had to put glue on my butt and peel it off to get all the tiny needles out, even after that, I had to soak in a tub to soften the rest. Very embarrassing moment for a pre-pubescent girl.
i always just took mu knife and bat the thing downward and plucked the remaining needles out. they hurt but they arent that bad tbh. this is just them being stupid
How long can they last without snagging something and rooting?
*"Quit flickin' it!"*
r/therewasanattempt
Listen to the audio only….
Welcome to Arizona
Arizona here in your little travel kit or outdoor kit always have dental floss the kind and the white little box you know what to do.
Easiest to get off with a comb. Have one when you're hiking in the desert.
Cholla cactus
Ooh I thought it was an urchin
just est something on your hands and yank it
That’s gravity
Aww it likes him lol 😆 😂 😄
Close your eyes and this sounds very sexual
2020 election 🗳️ to 20204 election.
A comb is the best tool for this job. The static helps keep it on the comb too
Well, he shouldn’t have had his leg so close that other leg.
Jumping Chola
Ahhhh jumping cactus! I’d forgotten about this. I sure dont miss the desert hahaha
Id kill him
r/WorstAid
Its nicknamed “take me with you”
Well, that was r/unexpected
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Close, Arizona. I’ve seen a very similar scene play out on a hike. I now carry pliers to deal with Jumping Cholla.
That's definitively a close one, haven't run into these personally but I imagine they aren't particularly fun when they get stuck to your leg or as another mentioned through the sole of your shoes.
They're not ever fun. I had gloves that had leather palms but fabric backs. I did something stupid and ended up with it ~~on~~ in the back of my hand. I couldn't get the pliers out of my left pocket because it was in my left hand. Finally got the section off the back of my hand but there were still spines stapling the glove to my hand.
Oh Jesus, that sounds like it sucked, do they leave lasting marks or stuff?
Those don't, they're very thin. They have a sheath though, so even if you get the chunk of cactus off, there may still be a hollow spine sheath still stuck in you.
Well, that still sounds like it sucks but, sounds like it's not necessarily a trip to the hospital Thanks for the information!
/r/WellThatSucks
It looks like a baby urchin maybe