October 16, 2023
The spines on cacti are not thorns but modified leaves whose surface area has been greatly reduced to minimize moisture loss.
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Can You Drink Water from a Cactus?
You may have heard that you can get water from a cactus if you are ever lost and dehydrated in a desert.* Sounds like a nice survival tip to store away, but is it really that easy? Turns out, a cactus is not actually a spine-covered basin of fresh water. Such a plant would not last long in an arid
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