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There is no such place as the Saguaro Desert. There is the Sonoran Desert where the saguaro cactus grows. Some small animals such as rodents and rabbits feed on the prickly pear as well as javelina, deer, pronghorns, bighorn sheep and tortoises.
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What animals eat cacti in the desert?
The desert tortoise, javelina and deer will eat prickly pear cacti.
What lives in the desert and eats cactus?
There are few animals in the desert that dine on cacti and they usually restrict the menu to the prickly pear cactus. A number of insects are parasites on these cacti. Some rodents, rabbits and hares as well as tortoises, javelina, deer and antelope occasionally feed on prickly pears. Most other cacti are so densely spined that few animals will attack them for dinner.
What is the only cactus in the Sonoran Desert?
There are lots of cacti in the sonoran desert, including the prickly pear, the saguaro, the cholla, the ocotillo, and more.
Does a prickly pear live in the African desert?
Prickly pear cacti are natives of the American deserts only. Any growing in African deserts are not natural and were planted there by man. They are an invasive species.
Are prickly pear cacti endangered?
yes
What eats a cacti in a desert?
Few cacti offer animals an easy meal as most are covered by dense spines. However, prickly pear cacti are often eaten by tortoises, javelina, antelope, deer, rabbits, hares and some small rodents as well as some insects.
Can people eat desert cactus?
Cacti are producers! Producers are plants and plants do not 'eat' other plants.
Are there scorpions in the Mojave Desert?
Australia has no native cacti, so there are no cacti occurring naturally in the Great Victoria Desert. However, introduced cacti such as the prickly pear have spread as far west as the Great Victoria Desert.
What cacti grow an edible fruit?
Prickly pear
What does a desert plant eat?
Desert herbivores primarily feed on grasses and some edible shrubs and trees and their fruits and seeds. In North American deserts, prickly pear cacti also form a part of their diet.
What type of animal eats cacti?
Javalina, deer, rabbits and others munch on cacti. Various birds eat the fruit of the saguaro and prickly pear.Javalina, deers, rabbits and humans eat cacti. Various birds eat the fruit of the saguaro and prickly pear. Insects and small animals pollinates the cacti sometimes.
How do animals obtain water from a cactus?
Some animals will obtain all or part of the water they require by consuming prickly pear cacti.Some animals will obtain all or part of the water they require by consuming prickly pear cacti.
