Jumping Cholla: When Cacti Attack

[@AccidentalNinja]

Respect to that guy for being willing to do that for the show.

[@Anthony-cx4iy]

He's a masochist

[@TragoudistrosMPH]

2:15 Victim is his other profession.

[@edi9892]

It reminded me of Jackass.

[@TheAvsouto]

He seems to be enjoying the pain

[@watervisuals8727]

@@Anthony-cx4iy yep

[@jennifervalentine8955]

"Don't go to the desert..." *looks outside while residing in Southern Nevada.*

[@ianherp5678]

"Shiiii-"

[@buckroger6456]

Love the desert.

[@aluxgohard7843]

Mesquite?

[@Mk5mango]

Living in Arizona

[@mamitomoe3253]

Somewhere in Nevada

[@lucas-eg5vh]

"its a very painful experience" shows clip of a dude actively wanting to get stabbed

[@arthas640]

dont kink shame him

[@satrickptar6265]

a masochist I suppose

[@ZeroSleap]

You must not have seen Brave Wilderness and his rating on the pain scale huh...

[@WoodlouseChucker]

@@ZeroSleap or schmidt

[@anuvav9524]

Man they have their kink .... who are we to say about that?

[@SkywardShoe]

My high school team had a cross country meet in Flagstaff, AZ every year, and without fail someone always ended up with a piece of cholla stuck in their leg. I'm just happy it was only me once.

[@Sabotage_Labs]

In Flagstaff? Did they go down the mountain? Cholla's aren't common at 7000' elevation. They top out about 6500' and they are Tree Cholla. Flagstaff gets too cold for too long and about 20-25 inches of precipitation a year.

[@ryanmartin9331]

Yup believe itor not we have hidden cactus here!

[@SkywardShoe]

@@Sabotage_Labs They sure have them around Buffalo Park, or something very much like them. You don't much forget pulling those needles half an inch out of your leg.

[@Tinil0]

@@ryanmartin9331 I'm shocked. I lived in Winslow and the overwhelming experience of travelling to Flagstaff is the desert giving way to forest haha

[@ryanmartin9331]

@@Tinil0 right! but if your not carful... They grab you!

[@justarandombluefrog3077]

"they absorb moisture from the hosts flesh" VAMPIRE CACTUS

[@briishcabbage568]

mix it with a tumbleweed and you get dracula

[@toryumau6798]

... That is an excellent idea for a B horror flick, M8. >)X^D

[@sirkkusalomaa4644]

@@toryumau6798 Jumping Chollanado?

[@funnyarc]

Just wait until a cactus exists that when dried up enough, if it stabs someone starts wildly sucking and absorbing the blood and nutrients of anyone it stabs. And then infects the body and creates zombies or Final Fantasy Cactuar, that spread the cactus further, and looks for other hosts...

[@briishcabbage568]

@@funnyarc *d o n t g i v e G o d i d e a s*

[@adrs1380]

I use to live in the desert. Planted cholla to keep cows away from my plants. My dog ate them.

[@EclecticallyEccentric]

Was your dog okay?

[@adrs1380]

@@EclecticallyEccentric He had thorns in the muzzle. I removed them. Next day he ate some more cholla. And so on until he finished them. Didn't seem to have any problem. He had an iron stomach, I suppose.

[@thebeginningchq9689]

@@adrs1380 Iron stomach, shawn.

[@hairyballbastic8943]

masochist perhaps?

[@vangu2918]

Sounds like my dog who ate my rosebush until it was just a nub. I just couldn't understand her fascination.

[@dolphinboi-playmonsterranc9668]

When plants become pricks >:(

[@kimbratton9620]

😄👍

[@domon1860]

Literally pricks.

[@WoodlouseChucker]

Badum-tss

[@mikamcdonald9974]

Plants ARE pricks

[@serenestateofbeing1062]

Lmao

[@jackthewinter5066]

In my hometown there's a speech: "You're more silly than Biting a cactus" Please don't do it, I saw how it feels

[@gasp1gasp1]

Cactus is delicious

[@wangamanga2128]

unless you are a camel ig

[@pjano476]

Love me some nopales 🌵

[@Bleepbleepblorbus]

Yes I love the taste of *P ª Ï Ň F Ű Ł* needles.

[@JC-zj2is]

We call em “jumping chihuahuas” because they always got our ankles when hiking 😂

[@solaceixinera4015]

I can imagine what ZeFrank would say about this monster.

[@caroljo420]

😂😂😂

[@danielsalchow1004]

An this is how the Jumping Colla do!

[@sonorasgirl]

“This freaky-deeky plant doesn’t know he’s a plant. He got jealous of the animals and decided to make his own bitey-bitey parts”

[@erikgilson1687]

"This is Sydney. Sydney is a little over protective of her water, like some kind of moisture baron. She likes to play a game of "stop hitting yourself" except she's stabbing you the moment you even look at her"

[@MrChainrule]

"Disappointed at being unable to mate to reproduce, the jumping cholla developed the ability to mate with anything that gets close enough"

[@Feralfr0gg]

Just had flash backs to when I lived in Az and accidentally drove an ATV into a huge cholla bush. Worst day of my life lmao

[@buckroger6456]

😂😂 just reminded me of the day a friend plowed right into one on his mountain bike.

[@MegaRazorback]

All i can think of when i read that was a bit from Jackass...You know the bit with the bike that has a rope attached to it and the cactus?

[@jc_malone8217]

Was that back in the summer of 69'

[@It-Will-All-Be-Okay-I-Promise]

@@jc_malone8217 I geddit!

[@choppedmungdol5466]

"Hows it feel?" "Like my hands being stabbed by a cactus" Yes rain is wet.

[@1no1.]

Mm, yes, the floor here is made of floor

[@citrus4419]

yes, heat is hot

[@joshuaokoro-sokoh2993]

3:55 "Drink Cactus Juice, It'll quench ya, Nothing's Quenchier, It's the quenchiest!!!' - Sokka

[@3nertia]

[@epauletshark3793]

"Now son, don't touch that cactus." "But the cactus jumped on me..."

[@camronchlarson3767]

Still dead to me...

[@watchdealer11]

I had no idea they used their massive horns for that! Neat!

[@Mr.Spanky]

Fun fact a barrel cactuses are like compasses and if you replant them wrong facing they'll twist their whole body

[@servit0r]

Interesting, so which direction are they indicating?

[@acy0029]

@@servit0r They point South East.

[@rushthezeppelin]

What part of them points? They pretty much have radial symmetry unless they are scarred. Or is that the joke and it went over my head?

[@Mr.Spanky]

@Cactus Flower I meant to say that

[@TealCheetah]

For anyone who has never encountered this plant, it really is like they appear from nowhere, now attached to your clothing.

[@rsemrad2]

We call it the devil's own.....I like the comb as a removal tool. It goes in my kit next time I ride....

[@OMalleyTheMaggot]

My brains screaming STOP WHY every time they purposefully touch their hand to the cactus.

[@aurorajones8481]

You cant escape this. I have packrats i cannot get rid of. They bring me bits of cholla and leave them around my garbage bins. Forcing you to make sure you watch where you walk. Ive had to use pliers to get these things off me.

[@Skull-in-the-house]

Yes I used pliers as well, very painful

[@thebeginningchq9689]

Is that an austrailian shephard? :0 or maybe border collie

[@epauletshark3793]

This is why I'm a zoologist, not a botonist. *proceeds to go study animals that will kill me* *also intentionally stabs self with cactus*

[@bobbie7618]

Ah yes, one more reason for me to avoid hot places! While it's not as exotically weird as a lot of these plants, I'd love to see an episode about the pawpaw (Asimina)! I'd never heard of them until I moved to an area with a ton of wild ones, and discovered not only their fascinating history as evolutionary anachronisms and long-lost staple crops, but just how delicious they are.

[@vangu2918]

I'm a little jealous. I love pawpaw, but I haven't had any in a long time.

[@galenrichter41]

Yea, I live in the same desert they're talking about. Most any long lived plant is covered in spikes.

[@leitmotif7268]

I live in a paw-paw native state and I’ve never tried one! How would you describe the taste?

[@bobbie7618]

@@leitmotif7268 I've heard the taste varies quite a bit, but the ones I've had were like something between a banana and a pineapple! They have a very unique texture too.

[@kyotaiken]

Gila is pronounced "heela". I live in the Sonoran desert. It definitely is weird here though.

[@blackrivermusicstudio7648]

"Absorbing moisture from the host's flesh" Goddam this plant drinks you...

[@mikamcdonald9974]

When the smoothie drinks you

[@paddor]

I understood it that it only does that so the spines swell up and stick better.

[@aikou2886]

In mother Russia the cactus drinks you!

[@bialex8083]

Jumping Cholla used Mega Drain!

[@thebeginningchq9689]

Sluuuuurp

[@obidean3964]

1:06 "Oh my car" takes the cake lol

[@wickedwitch1962]

“Just avoid the desert” *me living in a desert*: 🧍‍♂️

[@epauletshark3793]

I am in the same boat.

[@buckroger6456]

Best place to live.

[@ZCScience]

same

[@TristanBanks]

🌵😠🌵

[@m3quetrefe]

same 🕴️

[@irvingcobian]

Cholla are no joke their spines are incredibly sharp. Takes nearly zero effort to puncture the skin.

[@davidp6913]

i got two feet full of these (seriously, they absolutely decimated my shoes and i was bleeding everywhere) camping in the desert. No joke these buggers

[@sussekind9717]

They say spines are how cacti show affection, a cactus kiss, if you will. I guess this species is just overflowing with the amore.

[@robert2german]

I once joked with my ecology college class that jumping chollas actually launch their segments at people and cars, killing people and using their corpses as fertilizer.

[@EATSxBABIES]

Can we all just take a moment to be in awe at the scope and variety of content on this channel? It's one thing to be diverse but it's so dependable and enjoyable. Consistent uploads, unique content, and great production value with A+ quality.

[@austinfreyrikrw6651]

😱Poor Andres! I can almost feel the pain as I sit here watching him getting jabbed and trying to remove the thorns! 😖

[@liambrandley2716]

Who in their right mind would willingly stab themselves with one of these spike balls!?!

[@hanananah]

You would be surprised lol. When I was in Joshua Tree np there was a group of teenage boys purposely bumping their arms on the cacti.

[@twonumber22]

i would fight the cacti

[@epauletshark3793]

Me

[@Nakai865]

Me

[@eloerch7]

It for SCIENCE!!!

[@stax6092]

This just seems like a more painful version of a burr.

[@BraveLilToasty]

All the plants have to do is exist but this cactus chose violence.

[@anhondacivic6541]

Something must have really pissed it off

[@FuttBucker420]

2:58 "How's it feel?" "Like I'm being stabbed by a cactus in the hand." lmfao

[@roachfacesrs5270]

Whatever they're paying that guy... It's not enough 😂

[@vashtxsx]

The spines are also springy. These things bounce. Surprisingly well. Thought that was the reason behind the name.

[@prettypic444]

if you're going to the California desert, i'd love to see an episode on Joshua Trees! they're a unique species that only grow in the national park (plus they look supercool!)

[@tieoneon1614]

They grow in NV and Utah too...

[@sewingintrifocals-alisonde7778]

The Joshua trees are fabulous. They grow in the CA high desert areas, as well as in other states at a certain high altitude.

[@jeffwerolin588]

@@sewingintrifocals-alisonde7778 Just got attacked by one of these last week in Joshua Tree. It snagged me and before I knew it three fingers and a thumb were all spiked. Worst pain I've had in years trying to get it off me. Tonight i'm still pulling the barbs that broke off out of me.

[@aves4081]

Alternating between episodes about plants and animals is a great idea!

[@ivancaraig1715]

Johnny, run!

[@fatihraka123]

I hope Floralogic stays as part of the channel forever! This channel was already 11/10 but Floralogic makes it 20/10 💞

[@maryantoinettebarachina6554]

Finally!! You have featured cactus i hope you explained more about other succulents and some ornamental plants like rare philodendrons and anthuriums.❤️

[@elizaalmabuena]

cholla stems are beautiful, great enrichment items for small reptiles and bugs kept as pets or (ornamental) shelters for small wild animals in the yard.

[@josephbanatlao6289]

This plant is like a metaphor for a toxic partner

[@chiaradina]

Close encounters with Teddy bear 🧸 cholla while filming in Joshua tree NP. Bloody monsters but so beautiful!

[@rudyseb3939]

Steel Ball Run

[@KitsuneWUZhere]

I have a few of these in my yard. Sometimes my dogs get them stuck in their fur, and once I’m about to go to bed, I get a fun surprise in my blankets 😆💀

[@Bonifaquisha]

Actually they don't JUST give the appearance of 'jumping', these things really DO jump. If you run by one with a dry segment, the air draft you create will cause the it to fly off the cactus and stick to you. (Source, growing up around these.)

[@cidoka5638]

My sister has one of those in a pot in the front garden, last summer our newest cat learn the -very painful and- hard way that he should not rub his cheeks on it. Poor thing got portions of cholla nailed deeply into his forehead and his butt. A bit ignorant from my sister to fully blame the cat's "stupidity" tho, considering that it is the plant the one who evolved for who knows how many millions of years to nail itself in unwary critters like that a_a

[@Audio_Freak]

My brother took one of these to the stomach, happens living in Az especially with one in your backyard just don't walk to close when it's windy!

[@TrollHiddenCave]

For some reason those things grow all over the Barrier Islands on the coast of Georgia we would go out there and Camp sometimes but first we have to take a rake and clear away the campsite

[@jcespinoza]

Since we have Flora and Animals, and to give room for Fungalogic and such, I suggest renaming the channel to Naturalogic :)

[@RamiSlicer]

Cactus: I will stab you and you won't be able to get me off Man: Cactus go poke

[@masterofpuppets5072]

That didn't make any sense what you just said

[@darkdeifan]

Some plants: I'm going to produce a fleshy fruit that animals will feed from and in the process distribute my seeds. Other plants: I'm going to produce special smells to atract diferent bugs to aid my pollination. Jumping Cholla: I'm going to do... violence.

[@deeliciousplum]

If this has not been suggested, please create an episode on mosses. They are so fascinating and are a joy to see as they are clinging onto a diversity of surfaces. 🌸

[@maukaman]

When I was a kid my parents took my friend and I on a desert camping trip. While on a hike I was suddenly attacked by what I thought was a giant green bug that jumped onto my shirt. I quickly slapped it away and it flung to my side. Right then my friend, who was a few feet to my right let out a yelp, I assumed he must have been under attack by the same creature, but when I looked over he had a small cactus stuck into his hand and he was starting to tear up. The spines were sunk into the side of his palm and it took some time and quite a bit of discomfort for my parents to pull it out while he struggled not to cry. It was so bizarre how this little cactus seemed to fly up at me out of nowhere, how I was somehow able to slap it away so easily only for it to sink its spines into my friends hand a few feet away. As soon as I saw the title of this video I knew it must have been the same species of cactus. What a memory! I still have trouble understanding how they are able to seemingly jump into the air like that.

[@peterjf7723]

I used to have a couple of those in my greenhouse. Once I lent over the bench and ended up with the cactus stuck to my abdomen. The only way I could remove it was to cut the spines from the plant and then pull them out with plyers. A fairly slow and painful process due to the barbed spines.

[@Not_Your_Usual_Username]

Went hiking once in Arizona, never again

[@lutherfrank6864]

Should talk about "Cycads" and why trade is prohibited

[@KurNorock]

My favorite is watching people who have no idea about cholla cactus get a segment stuck to their leg, then try to brush it off and watching the segment roll painfully down their leg, like those old school "wacky wall crawler" toys, sticking them dozens of times along the way.

[@windhoeker2460]

We have a farm in central Namibia…this plant is seriously invasive and we’ve been fighting it for years…At one point it became so bad that we had to get a bulldozer to literally get rid of an entire forest of them…It’s really hard though cause they’ve spread across the entirety of our farm I must say the bulldozer felt like a victory…unfortunately the terrain on most of the farm is too rugged to get to all of them with a vehicle I’m so happy we finally have a name and country of origin for it

[@undeadladybug7723]

I had a few run-ins with these things in our old town, can't say I miss them!

[@animalogic]

Thanks for watching!

[@bassboostedcringe4749]

Y’all missed a perfect title idea! Y’all coulda made it “when the cacti attacki”

[@_Yazeed_]

Thank you for your videos guys, one of my favorite nature channels :)

[@thesilentone4024]

Can you do a video on cactus fruits and can you try some and can it be a top 10 cactus fruits and dishes

[@weedybongzalez8333]

Ty for clickbaiting

[@weedybongzalez8333]

Also Code doesnt work Nice Job baiting peeps into ur shit,tho

[@dynamosaurusimperious2718]

Well this is one awesome Animalistic video about the attack of the killer cactus( aka when cactus attack ) Also hope y'all are having a great day.

[@13en314]

U 2

[@dayglowjim]

I recently bought some stems of this cactus and planted them in a pot outside. They are growing buds on them now, and I'm hoping for flowers someday.

[@SkyeAten]

Trying to keep people away from your house? hahah

[@Doctoranthetardis]

These are invasive as hell out in Nebraska... had to carry my dog over a gigantic field of them once.

[@ranthetarakotu386]

I was 10 and on a field trip once, and I fell, not brushed against, FELL into a bunch of these. I had them stuck all over my arms, one on my cheek, and one mercifully small one on my neck. I had to go to the ER to remove them safely. Lesson learned: Don't walk close to the edge of the path in Arizona.

[@RicketyQuickity]

Honestly arizona mesquite trees are so much worse, they can puncture through the sole of your shoe and go through your skin and theyre huge

[@stwenty5758]

Heya! Since you're going to be in the desert anyway, how about showing some love for my absolute favorite plant in the whole world: the majestic, amazing, beautiful, and occasionally vengeful Saguaro Cactus?

[@omlitzdaddycakez1241]

If y'all walking in the desert , u piss him or her off in da bushes they go😅😂💀

[@Gabronthe]

Are their any types of clothes that don't get hooked or is anything fair game? Hard Mode, the clothes have to be fit for desert travel.

[@fmatta]

I love how fun and informative your videos are.

[@monicayoknis8670]

One of my earliest memories is my grandpa warning me about these. 😆

[@spencerphilippinedream3706]

as far as i am concerned, these cacti are magic.

[@DilsonRochedo]

Tasha sounds like she is always happy about something. Have you made a episode about symbiosis between plants and insects?

[@eljanrimsa5843]

She was happy she wasn't the one doing the demonstrations.

[@iamtugrul7741]

wonderful! thank you floralogic.

[@silviuscheuleac2970]

I felt the pain throughouth the entire video

[@anghusmorgenholz1060]

I've lived my entire life around these monsters. The leaping cholla is an infinitely more apt name. They are evil and hate all life.

[@moisesm9602]

"Don't go to the desert it's a weird place" *Looks outside while living in Arizona* Can confirm it is a weird but interesting place I love it here :)

[@michaelobrien5891]

The worst part is when I'm jogging, I step on one, get it stuck on my shoe, and then drive it into the back of my other leg as I'm running.

[@mattdeblassmusic]

When I was visiting family down in the Phoenix area a couple years back I did some day hiking. Heat, elevation, rattlesnakes, scorpions... none of that really worried me, I knew how to prepare for all that, but those Cholla scared the heck out of me.

[@ethanaleman]

Can you do a video on Joshua Tree got there name from pioneers saying they looked like the prophet Joshua raises his hands in praise when found the promised land plus they live forever and take forever to grow

[@Len11999]

The spines are lined with rows and rows of BARBZ.

[@hellomoron]

Ok I know they're doing it for science but as an Arizonan, I watch the guys touching it and just AAAAAAHHH STOP STOP DUUUUUDES NOOOOOOOO 😱😵

[@buckroger6456]

I ran into a couple that were visiting and thought about touching one. I told them that's probably one of the last things you should do.

[@lovenkind8180]

same bro same

[@McFwoupson]

Man I would love to have a teddy bear cholla, super pretty. They're too evil though.

[@corksauve4949]

I was at the Sonoran Desert Museum once (I live in Tucson). Saw a group from Canada, before they even went into the museum they were wondering if they should tough the needles on a barrel cactus. My son and I just watched and enjoyed the show. LOL

[@Annie_Annie__]

Cholla cactus are like sticker burrs or sand burrs on supernatural mega steroids. I’m from Texas and it’s fairly normal to keep tweezers in your car or purse (especially in late summer) because it’s so common to run in to patches of sticker burrs. First time I went out to Arizona and found out that they kept pliers in their cars to deal with their version of “burrs” I wanted to nope out of camping or hiking out there.

[@sf5553]

The effort it takes to armor hounds in Arizona for them to instinct effectually assist on quail hunting deserves HUGE RESPECT and is otherworldly. Just FYI. You want to see the smartest dogs ever. Desert hounds.

[@dreww1459]

Did my college geology field camp in cholla territory. You learn to walk around them up hill because when parts die, they break, fall off, and roll down hill a bit, all while staying "ruin your day" dangerous.

[@edi9892]

We only got thistles and they can already be a pain... I remember them being stuck on the boots, trousers, and coat...

[@watchdealer11]

I dare you to you use it as a back scratcher 😂

[@TragoudistrosMPH]

🤔 ... that's a great dare... my poor drunk friends...

[@treebeard7140]

You should do a video on opuntia species. in my opinion the most successful and wide spread group of cacti.

[@asilver50]

I've lived in the Sonoran desert for over 40 years and I've only seen one Gila monster. They don't seem too common. I wonder if she saw one in the wild.

[@TerryHesticles87]

Hell yeah more Tasha the Amazon!

[@NootalieWalf]

“Best to stay as far away from them as possible” Me: has like 15 of the damn things in my front yard 🙃 (I got chollaed in the foot during an Easter egg hunt as a kid. Still scared of them.)

[@juliodebarrosdahora3019]

Me before watching the video: cactiphobia level 1 Me now: cactiphobia level 5

[@espinillasypuntosnegros1715]

I grow cacti as a hobby. I'm constantly tempted to buy a cholla.... must resist inner stupidity

[@czikkanhardt4750]

Rams breaking the spikes with their horns... That's amazing.

[@Praetor_Fenix420]

Best episode yet.

[@kens8963]

I live in Tucson and man do I avoid Jumping Chollas like the plague. They really do make hikes horrible.

[@buckroger6456]

That's impossible to do out there lol.

[@RicketyQuickity]

Amen

[@SDPTheGhost]

Jumping Cholla sounds like a female wrestler name 😂

[@spacemouse4716]

I have a friend who got nailed with one of those, basically when they went to the ER they just gave them painkillers and ripped it out.

[@docersatz5228]

We've run into a variety of this in Northern New Mexico, fortunately well away from my house at higher elevation. There, they do not grow like a typical cholla, but rather very close to the ground, more like a prickly pear, spreading out rather than up, and growing in under other vegetation. Of course, that makes them that much more of a surprise when they first snag your shoe, then nail the side of your knee when you step over something! We had never heard of them before, but did immediately dub them "Jumping Cactus". On future work at this site, everyone made sure to carry pliers.