Just outside my room at The Boulders Resort was a very large prickly pear cactus loaded with fruit. The fruit is edible and when properly cleaned and peeled, is used to make candy, jelly, and juice.
I think the abundance of wildlife on the grounds of the resort enjoy the prickly pear fruit. I caught this little fellow nibbling on a red beauty for breakfast.
The bunny is smart and nimble enough to eat the fruit yet avoid the thorns.
ReplyDeleteIt would be an ideal place for a rabbit to live. The close up of the cactus fruit is great!
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ReplyDeleteSeems like this little fellow knows exactly how to clean and peal this fruit.
Today I saw some really big prickly pears cacti full of fruit too (we call it figs here), but they were another species. Maybe tomorrow I'll go there and take a shot. Yours is great!
ReplyDeleteVery nice photo of the cactus pad and rabbit. I may need to make a trip up to The Boulders. Thanks for sharing your photography.
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