Bighorn Sheep shows how to open up and eat a Barrel Cactus Ferocactus cylindraceus for lunch

Peninsular Bighorn sheep eating a spiny Barrel Cactus (Ferocactus cylindraceus) for lunch (see at the middle and end of the video) After trying 3 barrels, tossing one so-so barrel down the mountain, this ram finds a juicy Barrel Cactus to ram open with his horns. Notice him spitting out the spines like they are toothpicks.

[@CallMeMimi27]

headbutting seems to be the solution to every problem a goat might have. I need to embrace this philosophy.

[@martinmontez5950]

Ive been living this lifestyle for years. Slight headache but other than that I highly recommend it.

[@CallMeMimi27]

@@martinmontez5950 good way to deal with people, annoying neighbors, stupid in-laws, snotty kids, people who cut you in line, cops asking for papers.

[@maskimo5311]

Just don't try it at work. Boss did not appreciate it...

[@CallMeMimi27]

@@maskimo5311 hesdbutt your boss more.

[@nyakwarObat]

😆😆😆 I'm feeling you

[@nmelkhunter1]

Desert animals never cease to amaze me. I’ve seen mule deer eat prickly pear fruit as well as the plant and cholla cactus. I’m not sure how they do it, but they do!

[@TrashTube-rt9jw]

Not just desert animals. Goats and sheep in general eat thorns like they’re nothing. I watched a few goats clear out a giant briar patch in half an hour. Blood was dripping and they didn’t miss a beat!

[@tristanbulluss9386]

I have a picture of a ghost on a tv.

[@Mikesorrento3344]

God is an infinite wonder.

[@juffurey]

I'll be honest I didn't even know big horn sheep lived in the high desert

[@BornIn1500]

@@juffurey There are Rocky Mountain Bighorn Sheep and Desert Bighorn Sheep. This looks like the desert species.

[@jessewru6425]

I like how he’s checking them like a mom does by patting the watermelons for the right tone.

[@shipwreck8847]

I'm so glad I was born into a species with hands.

[@nyakwarObat]

Bet they are some greasy up to no good hands 🙄

[@Mythraen]

​@@joem-q4mYou could have some success in the rodent and marsupial areas. And, of course, the other primates.

[@hanfucolorful9656]

I'm disappointed that I was born into a species without wings. How great would it be if we had hands and wings?

[@nyakwarObat]

@@hanfucolorful9656 tap into your inner potential and you could go into the Lucy mode and morph. Question is have you got the guts to pursue such a quest beyond day dreaming?

[@HuckleberryHim]

@@Mythraen Hell if you're born a panda you get an extra thumb. I think Procyonids (raccoons coatis kinkajou etc) also have good hand dexterity, maybe otters?

[@jimhowkings1974]

I'm impressed how chill the cacti is about all of this ...

[@bobhopfner3812]

it did get up and try to roll away but it didn't get far....

[@marimil1469]

😂

[@JuaneDosesII-wj6dd]

💀

[@spwan10]

It's a plant it has no sentient perception

[@swish3432]

The cacti are actors, this is staged

[@kathybradbury]

Wow. Thank you for sharing this awesome footage! A magnificent ram and a rare look into their natural life.

[@linky13]

Thanks for sharing. Amazing how animal adapt ways to eat these cactus.

[@Road2]

You're welcome!

[@metalpunk1234]

Especially when a plump cacti like that carries water for days, it's a field day for them.

[@daveblevins3322]

Saw a lot of those while I was a helicopter pilot in Arizona for several years. Magnificent animals 👍🇺🇸🇺🇸

[@artfuller4096]

Thanks for all the years you flew us around on sheep, pronghorn, javelina and deer surveys!

[@mikahoIic]

I am using the same method and now my forehead is full of spines.

[@toxicdragon323]

This is what happens when thorns meets horns! Horns win this round!

[@CactusCaffeine]

Didn’t know any animal can get through those vicious spines! 😮

[@batanghardinero1539]

me too ate anna😭🤣

[@ZiggySearchfieldCactus]

You've not met my ex wife when she was hungry then 😮 😁

[@mustafademir2116]

Camels can eat it

[@TheMidnightBeest]

Animals aren’t dumb

[@alejandrogama282]

My lovely husky does the same 🙃

[@9xqspx6]

The only thing written in small letter on Barrel Cacti's health insurance is that it doesn't pay if a bighorn is involved in the incident.

[@victorponce7238]

That ram has a lot of muscle. He must eat good as well as exercise daily as part of his day to day activities. 😁👍

[@platedlizard]

good source of water too

[@wcswood]

And vegetarian. Hard to believe it's possible.

[@JefferyStewart-g9u]

Built Ram Tough

[@victorponce7238]

@@JefferyStewart-g9u I shoulda seen that coming. Ah ha ha 😁😁😁👍👍

[@mark_luna]

He’s ripped!

[@mariadracona]

It takes incredible survival instincts and ingenuity from an animal to be able to figure out that a spiny cactus would be able to provide nutritional value, let alone crack it open without getting hurt using what they have, such as their horns. Animals truly are incredible.

[@DarkVoidIII]

They probably can smell and taste what's inside the prickly cactus. This was likely what first motivated them to try to open one up.

[@dsenvy]

Thank you, Mr.Sheep

[@dmr6640]

That is super cool the big horn uses its horns as a tool to open up the prickly delicious delight.

[@techh8662]

cactus "oui! you cheeky little bastard! stop what youre doing!"

[@ruggedbynature]

Awesome footage!

[@1MissEllyLove]

He tapped them at first to check their ripeness the way we would thump a melon! 😂

[@dillis2188]

Probably not.

[@1MissEllyLove]

@@dillis2188 no one enjoys contradictory discord guised as discussion. Do you have something to add or want to argue because you can't just scroll past without interacting and the only way you know how to interact is to be argumentative? Why waste both our time to attempt negative attention? You could have at least been clever and witty if you genuinely disagree but you chose simply rude. Thanks for adding to the discussion, enjoyment, and fun!

[@Seniorsneaky123]

@@dillis2188 damn bro, lady blew a gasket and wrote you a paragraph over two words lmao

[@MarcABrown-tt1fp]

Well it seems it is smashing those meaty spines off in kind regards; for a succulent snack. Oh dear, that looks like it hurts in some shots, too. Clever ram.

[@1MissEllyLove]

@@Seniorsneaky123 We're tired of rude people commenting just to be unpleasant ✌️

[@Fidacats]

Loves animals and nature ! Beautiful creature 😍

[@AIvey-qs1so]

I'm kinda traumatized that I got a Burgerking ad right before this video Now I feel super entitled and even more so impressed by the smarts of this ram. This really is amazing regardless 😊 Have it your way gorgeous sheep, you rule.

[@Pgr-pt5ep]

The balls on that guy to eat a cactus.

[@olusha]

😂

[@-AstroLogical-]

2:14

[@lalaalalala]

this is such great footage!

[@cythera431]

Beautiful animal...and cactus!

[@quantumcat7673]

He is using tools that he happens to carry all the time and cleverly used it to get something to eat. That's the mammalian brain in action.

[@anacletwilliams8315]

Yes, mammalian.

[@HuckleberryHim]

Many non-mammals do similar, but yes, it is a sign of intelligence

[@pattimiller9157]

That is awesome and that is one healthy sheep❤

[@lindaschmidt981]

Mom! can I have a barrel cactus for Christmas. Mom... no, you'll poke your eye out. 😂😂😂

[@thundercloudss]

This video was used in WATOP's new vid about camels and adaptive animals HAHA

[@mousefarm]

Their horn is very large and hard, it can be used as an object to remove the thorns of cacti

[@andyward8430]

Hell yeah? That looks like a nice meal once you get passed the prickly outside.

[@GatorMike79]

Now this was pretty cool to see!

[@rogeredrinn4592]

Who would have thunk, thank you for the video!

[@xzxxx-km4vy]

Nothing like a nice dry spiny cactus

[@Blaqk_8298]

PURE MUSCLE.

[@slothsnook175]

I love how much time i put into thinking about the stupidest things. and this will always be the answer

[@CarloBarlongo]

Looks like a spikey vanilla matcha ice cream

[@ShastaBean]

Looks to be barely even tapping it...compared to what they can do. But would still knock one of us into next week. Imagine now when they take a running start of 4 or 6 steps and lower their head to hit something...they'd knock us straight into the next-life

[@Gr8tBlueHeron]

He's not using his horns to smash it open so much as he's bending and breaking the spines out of the way so he can peel the outer skin with his teeth.

[@scottmcandrew9642]

I’ve wondered about this when I’ve seen the cactus all tore up along the desert trails when I’ve wintered in AZ

[@GreenCanvasInteriorscape]

Did you typically see big barrel cactus like this torn up or anything spiny and juicy inside?

[@kingghidorah8106]

wild sheep are so majestic, their head shape is so regal

[@MichaelSchmitz-mk8ll]

I'm always out in the South West Arizona desert prospecting for gold and seen cactus jacked up out in the Middle of no where , I thought it was people that was doing that but now I've got a new output on that... Get video!

[@TheReal_JohnDoeSmith]

My arms Clenched in hesitation watching this Dall Shheeeeppppp Chew fruit

[@jackjohnson9594]

I’ll never complain about bones in whiting fish again

[@hisdukeness3037]

That’s like a 80 buck cactus he’s munching

[@impactodelsurenterprise2440]

Who pays 80 bucks for a wild cactus and what for

[@OffGridInvestor]

Try $1200-$1500

[@OffGridInvestor]

​@@impactodelsurenterprise2440you have no idea on cactus prices and the whole cactus and succulent poaching industry

[@impactodelsurenterprise2440]

@OffGridInvestor ok but why are they so valuable though

[@ZachVanHarrisJR]

*”thanks! cuz I def wuz wonderin’” 🐑 - MELL DUNEY 616*

[@utube012341]

I have the same cactus , hope he stays up high , but what a beautiful animal!

[@nyakwarObat]

Have you tried eating it?

[@aaronsmith2054]

Dude that thing is one huge muscle. Like a body builder with goat skin stretched over top.

[@isaacstone7899]

Awesome and smart animals.

[@dpelpal]

This is what I have to do to my food after my husband cooks a roast.

[@jesus_reigns]

Roasting your husband's roast 😂

[@butterfinger1171]

That's a trophy

[@R.Oates7902]

I learned something new today. Thanks!

[@poom641]

oh that white interior cactus looks great

[@NO-background-music-in-videos.]

Must be super tasty to go thru that trouble

[@DenpaKei]

I love bighorn sheep :)

[@Rampageotron]

He's pretty precise with his strikes, hitting the same spot over and over.

[@100dblock]

Call that boy lil dodge

[@berlayar14-ff7pu]

Anything that eat thorny food like that really suits to carry that massive pairs of ball

[@HomesByPatrick]

Great video!

[@Road2]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@kng5451]

it must 'taste' like sea urchins or Durians for this amazing fellow =p

[@matthewchandler7845]

Amazing footage.

[@vonBelfry]

*Bam. Bam. Bam. Bam.* Ugh, just split! Damn you! *Bam. Bam. Bam.*

[@karolinakrol2327]

Barrel Cactus says, I can take on anybody! Mr Bighorn enters the room. Barrel Cactus, f0k Me.

[@vvidyagary]

He’s the fruit ninja goat❤

[@KumaaNfidie]

That's The unsearchable wonder of The Creator Jesus Christ. ✝️To Him we give all praise🙌🏾.

[@azzir325]

Like a watermelon: a drink and a snack.

[@12982evets]

And that's why he has the biggest balls on the mountain

[@Not_The_FBI_1992]

This is a great strategy to get the best loot in this meta. But I wonder if big horn sheep will develop the mod that camels have and completely ignore the cacti defense?

[@loveisthemostpowerfulforce1397]

Camels are p2w noobs

[@rapunzel39]

Imagine those cactus spikes traveling through the digestive tract. 😫

[@charlie2b-d335]

Did you see the sheep's bulging shoulder muscles at the end? This big horn sheep is a unit without even trying!

[@aepmulyana3237]

Ya😊

[@jonconnor0729]

Get me that thing. But sir the sheep is eating it. I don't care, just get me that thing.

[@colorado841]

How to open up and eat a Barrel Cactus Ferocactus Cylindraceus for lunch: Step 1: hit it with your horns. Step 2: eat the thorns. step 3: eat the cactus.

[@Dytopjewa7631]

Masters of the rugged southwest mountains…

[@WesleyFiles]

When your only tool is a [horn] every problem is a [cactus].

[@rfiskillingussoftly6568]

You know... the bighorned ram figured this out after a fight with his old lady!

[@namelessstranger1270]

He's actually just angry with the fruit for prickling him.

[@HushE2AskolE]

That is the beauty of nature. We in Karakorum mountain have these coctus small thorn ball on herbs called trawa

[@luckyc3926]

He knows how to get to the good stuff.

[@mildlymarvelous]

I had to laugh when the cactus rolled down the hill!!

[@lizslp86]

If i knew this and i was near this mountain i would remove the thorn or prickly thorns so the rams will be able to eat without the prickly thorns.Tho he has mad skills to use his shofar to make dent and get to his meal.I did’t know this was food for them.

[@aquaticsinasl]

I’ll keep this in mind if I ever grow a pair of horns.

[@redtsun67]

Meanwhile camels said "fuck it, too much effort" and decided to just eat the entire cactus; spines and all.

[@sarahward3788]

That's actualy clever

[@edwinmejia9846]

Biggest mystery solved, I can die in peace now

[@glendaleclone6388]

😂😂

[@flowerredanna8890]

Hermosa la creación de Jehová 😅

[@Darthraiders561.]

Big horn Sheep, that's a Ram ....🤔

[@azcountry6064]

I was up hunting a couple of years ago and caught movement. When I looked closer this is exactly what I saw. A beautiful, full-curl, Desert Bighorn ram with broomed-off horns. Even got a video of it through my PhoneSkope on my spotting scope.

[@hanfucolorful9656]

But you want to kill them :-(

[@HuckleberryHim]

@@hanfucolorful9656 I can never understand it, I've never seen an animal like this and if I did I would be stunned and would never want anything to happen to it, I would cherish it, but these people wanna kill them to pose for photos Even here where white-tails are common I am still in awe when I get close and only want good things for them, imagine that hunters almost drove them to extinction, and then tried to take credit for saving them just so they could keep killing them for fun

[@hanfucolorful9656]

@@HuckleberryHim One of their excuses is to maintain ecological balance. In fact, nature can naturally maintain balance. It has been like this for millions of years without hunting.

[@HuckleberryHim]

@@hanfucolorful9656 Well said! You are a breath of fresh air. Hunting propaganda is pervasive, and lots of related dogmas about ecology too. Rare to find people who can think critically about it

[@JJJ-hr9dw]

Que hermosas flora y fauna cadena alimenticia, lastimas por las biznagas 😭😭😭😭

[@southwesthardypalms]

Lol me dolió el corazón verlo comido, amo los cactus 😭

[@impactodelsurenterprise2440]

Looks yummy

[@WSCP]

Too convenient to be born with those cactus openers

[@AmazingNature365]

Beautiful ❤

[@DeuceGenius]

Ah, yes. A delicious cactus feractus.

[@generationfallout5189]

What a handsome lad

[@benjamingibbs8788]

Good editing. I’m sure the actual bighorn soundtrack was “Fuck you, Fuck you,” on every head butt, because that’s what you say when you head butt stuff . Thanks for cleaning it up.

[@rofyle]

Let me check around to see if anyone's watching before I do this thing. No one to the left, no one to the right. Good. Here goes. Head butt! Head butt! Is someone there? No? Okay. Head butt!

[@davidmarrier2737]

That has to be for the fluid. Actually is amazing .

[@Anthony-hz9oc]

The master of the headbutt. lol

[@Leptonia_Carnea]

Using your head to a new level!

[@Bilal-vy9zh]

حتى الحيوانات تشقي في هذه الدنيا لكسب رزقها وتبيت في العراء دائما أحمدو الله الذي ميزنا وفظلنا على كثير من خلقه كنعمة العقل فسبحان الله أحسن الخالقين

[@mrl153]

I'm amazed he didn't get his eye poked out 😮

[@lancehermann3692]

Good job! I never knew they ate cactus!