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Hi- as mentioned in the "blond hooks" post, I was out in the desert again today.

This Fero is off to a rough start:
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This group captures hook spined mams, E. engelmannii, cholla:
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A view that knocked me out:
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Attack of the Opuntias!:
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Attack of the Cylindropuntias!
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C. echinocarpa best friends with C. acanthocarpa (?):
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The "other" kind of hook spined mam, fewer radials, different shape, sort of (less like an egg):
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The end (and the end) of a saguaro:
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There's some more at http://s89.photobucket.com/albums/k209/ ... %20deserts

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WOW!
w00t!
HELL YEAH!
COOL!
AWESOME PHOTOS!

Thank you so much for sharing :D
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Must have been the proximity to that wash that brought that Saguaro down. Looked like it was still relatively young.
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