Cholla Claws
Do jumping cholla cactus really jump?
Do not be deceived in the Arizona Desert! Although Cholla cactus are small, they are very painful. Each needle is sharp and has hundreds of microscopic scales.
Now I know why tequila was invented...
The “Jumping Cholla” (Cylindropuntia Fulgida, also known as the “Hanging Chain Cholla” and “Teddy Bear Cholla”) is a Cholla cactus native to the Southwestern United States and Sonora, Mexico. Better to visit a Desert Botanical Garden for a safer place to learn more about prickly natives.
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Pain will leave you, when you let go. - Jeremy Aldana
Safety doesn't happen by accident. - Unknown
Where a man feels pain he lays his hand. - Dutch Proverb
The pain passes, but the beauty remains. - Pierre-August Renoir
Pain and suffering are God's megaphone. - C S Lewis
My alone time is for everyone's safety. - Unknown
Defendit numerus: There is safety in numbers. - Unknown
God is a concept by which we measure our pain. - John Lennon
Humor is the instinct for taking pain playfully. - Max Eastman
In skating over thin ice our safety is in our speed. - Ralph Waldo Emerson
Why do they sterilize needles for lethal injections? - George Carlin
Through pain I've learned to comfort suffering men. - Virgil
We must embrace pain and burn it as fuel for our journey. - Kenji Miyazawa
It is easy to stand a pain, but difficult to stand an itch. - Chang Ch'ao
I am not into working out. My philosophy: no pain, no pain. - Carol Leifer
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One of the greatest pains to human nature is the pain of a new idea. - Walter Bagehot
He who makes a beast out of himself gets rid of the pain of being a man. - Dr. Seuss
Humor does not diminish the pain - it makes the space around it get bigger. - Allen Klein
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No pain, no palm; no thorns, no throne; no gall, no glory; no cross, no crown. - William Penn
Having hope will give you courage. You will be protected and will rest in safety. - Bible
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Meaninglessness does not come from being weary of pain; meaninglessness comes from being weary of pleasure. - G K Chesterton
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If this humor be the safety of our race, then it is due largely to the infusion into the American people of the Irish brain. - William Howard Taft
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Faithfulness is essential to the character of a friend: without this there can be no safety in intimacy with and confidence in him. - Samuel Hopkins
Do something everyday that you don't want to do. This is the golden rule for acquiring the habit of doing your duty without pain. - Mark Twain
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