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Javalina, deer, rabbits, and even humans eat cactus. Various birds eat the fruit of the Saguaro and Prickly pear. Insects, birds, and bats pollinate the cactus.
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∙ 12y ago
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∙ 9y agoFew animals will consume most species of cacti except for their fruit. However, the prickly pear is eaten by javelinas, pronghorns, deer, rabbits, tortoises and a few other small mammals..
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∙ 12y agomany animals eat cacti because they contain water and they need the cactito get water what animals eat the actual cacti i really dont know
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∙ 9y agoDeer, pronghorn and bighorn sheep eat cholla cactus fruits. Some cows eat cholla cactus too, Humans eat some types of cholla berries, which can be quite tasty.
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Do cactus wren have symbiotic relationships?
Cactus wrens and Cholla cactus are symbiotic. The cactus wren builds its nest in the spines of the cactus, providing a safe place for the bird to raise it's young.
Does a roadrunner eat cactus?
No he is a carnivore and a Herbivore because he eats snakes and eats cactus.
Why do animals not eat cactus?
About the only cactus eaten by some animals is the prickly pear. Some small rodents will eat it as well as rabbits and hares, javelinas, deer, pronghorn, bighorn sheep. It is frequently a food of desperation during times of intense drought when all other plants are gone.
What animals eat cacti?
some coyotes, bobcats, and some birds in the desert
What animal eats star cactus?
tortoise...(turtles) Javalina, deer, rabbits and others munch on cacti. Various birds eat the fruit of the saguaro and prickly pear.
What kind of relationship does a cactus wren have with cholla cacti?
The cactus wren nests in cholla crevasses as well as suguaros and a couple of other desert plants
What are desert animals that eat a jumping cholla?
Only a few insects such as scale insects and cochineal bugs will attack a jumping cholla.
How do you kill teddy bear cholla cactus?
reed junco
What eats buckhorn cholla?
About the only animal that will attack a cholla cactus are scale insects that suck the fluids from the plant and can eventually kill it.
How many inches does the cholla cactus grow per year?
alot
How can animals eat cactus with the quills?
some animals are accustomed to the cactus so it doesnt hurt them.
Do cactus wrens live in the desert?
Cactus wrens usually nest in the cholla cactus. This very spiny cactus provides protection for their eggs and young from predators such as snakes.
Do cactus wren have symbiotic relationships?
Cactus wrens and Cholla cactus are symbiotic. The cactus wren builds its nest in the spines of the cactus, providing a safe place for the bird to raise it's young.
Is it legal to pick up dead cholla cactus in AZ?
No, it is illegal to remove any cactus, living or dead, from deserts in Arizona.
What are some of the plants and animals on the biosphere?
Plants on and around the Biosphere 2 campus include the pincushion cactus, chainfruit cholla, velvet mesquite, blue palo verde, prickly pear, mistletoe, saguaro, barrel cactus, and the ocotillo.
What does a desert ant eat?
Cactus and dead animals.
What does a jumping cholla eat?
A jumping cholla is a plant and produces its own food by photosynthesis.
