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Many cacti are covered with dense spines that discourage animals from feeding on them. Some contains drugs and toxins that make them unpalatable. However, the prickly pear cactus is used as a food source by a number of animals, including the javelina.
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How can animals eat cactus with the quills?
some animals are accustomed to the cactus so it doesnt hurt them.
What does a desert ant eat?
Cactus and dead animals.
What eats saguaro cactus?
No large animals that I am aware of eat the saguaro. The prickly pear cactus is usually the choice for many animals.
Functions of cactus spines?
To injure animals that may be predators of the cactus, e.g. try to eat it! If an animal goes to eat the cactus, it will spike them and they will not eat it again. Also it absorbs and stores moisture from the air for the cactus, so it can be utilized in hot conditions.
What desert animals eat prickly pear cactus?
desert tortouise
Do turtles eat the saguaro cactus?
Yes, cactus comprises about 40% of the pronghorns' diet.Clarification:No large animals that I am aware of eat the saguaro. The prickly pear cactus is usually the choice for many animals, including the pronghorn.
How does it eat a cactus?
Some animals have special rough mouths that protect them from the hard pointy needles of the cactus. Like, a collared pecary
What animals eat the cholla cactus?
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.
What lives on a barrel cactus?
Few animals, if any, will attempt to eat a barrel cactus. They much prefer softer targets such as pickly pears.
Does a roadrunner eat cactus?
No he is a carnivore and a Herbivore because he eats snakes and eats cactus.
Do animals eat brachycereus cactus?
I can't say with a definite answer...I'm sure that a animal could but seeing as the cactus grows on lava I can't Imagine very many animals wanting too...
What animals eat the Saguaro cactus fruit?
Many animals such as a Longnosed Bat,Gila woodpecker,many birds,and many more.
