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‘Extremely Rare Phenomenon’ Reported Among Centuries-Old Cacti In Arizona Desert
Yahoo News ^ | 5-30-2021 | Mark Price

Posted on 05/30/2021 5:11:03 AM PDT by blam

A hint of crazy things to come may be playing out in the Arizona desert — and it involves a giant species of cactus.

Saguaros, which can live for centuries and grow to nearly 80 feet, have erupted in spring blooms that are spreading far beyond the norm. It’s almost as if the plants are breaking out in a rash of blooms.

This is happening in the Sonoran Desert and experts suspect it may be an example of how the warming environment is impacting even the oldest of plants.

A rare phenomenon is unfolding in Arizona: Saguaros cacti, which live centuries, have erupted in blooms that are spreading across their bodies like a rash.

“Tucson residents are witnessing an extremely rare phenomenon: saguaro blooms are literally busting out all over,” the Sonoran Desert Network & Desert Research Learning Center reported May 26 on Facebook.

“Saguaros typically bloom in spring. And when they do, the blooms are usually confined to a crown at the very top of the main body or mature arms,” the center wrote. “But after an unseasonal bloom last fall, saguaro flowers are now appearing down the length of main stems and arms, and — remarkably — even on small buds.”

The odd behavior takes on added significance given the saguaro’s long life span.

“An adult saguaro is generally considered to be about 125 years of age,” the National Park Service reports. “The average life span of a saguaro is probably 150-175 years of age. However, biologists believe that some plants may live over 200 years.”

Saguaro are considered to be a “symbol of the American west,” yet they are rare, NPS officials say.

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KEYWORDS: arizona; bats; cacti; cactus; desert
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To: Bon of Babble

We went through an unprecedented (state wide!) freeze, in TX, earlier this year.

Our Hill Country cactus are blooming like crazy....much more than usual. Just a beautiful sight.

So, by their pretzel logic.....the freeze caused gorebull warming....which is causing all of the cacti to bloom.

🙃


61 posted on 05/30/2021 7:49:08 AM PDT by Jane Long (America, Bless God....blessed be the Nation 🙏🏻🇺🇸)
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To: KC Burke

I use to live next to Speedway. Been there , done that.


62 posted on 05/30/2021 7:58:40 AM PDT by Nateman (If the Left Is not screaming , you are doing it wrong.)
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To: blam

reproductive behavipr is like a “rash” to these idiots.


63 posted on 05/30/2021 8:20:48 AM PDT by Theophilus (Dems fear fear. Christians fear God. )
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To: Ge0ffrey
Lefties put a negative spin on everything.

My thoughts exactly. They can even turn beautiful cactus blooms into something ominous.


64 posted on 05/30/2021 8:25:33 AM PDT by Cinnamontea
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To: blam

Translation: We don’t know why, but let’s blame “global warming”.!!!


65 posted on 05/30/2021 8:34:58 AM PDT by Wuli
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To: coloradan

“... What is it, 8 years away now?”

I don’t know for sure. To be sure, we should contact Greta.


66 posted on 05/30/2021 8:39:07 AM PDT by Let's Roll ("You can avoid reality, but you cannot avoid the consequences of avoiding reality" -- Ayn Rand)
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To: capydick; All
My contention is that the covid is the new climate change for the Marxist Left.

Just substitute the words and resulting symptoms and you will see that this corona virus "pandemic" is right out of the democRATic playbook.

The scheme works the same way.

Instill fear into the population to manipulate it and gain control.

That's why the Left will drag out the covid problem, including the vaccines, for as long as they can play it.

67 posted on 05/30/2021 9:11:55 AM PDT by HotHunt
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To: Caipirabob

Another phenomenon of global warming is global cooling.


68 posted on 05/30/2021 9:16:31 AM PDT by aquila48 (Do not let them make you care! Guilting you is how they control you. )
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To: Ruy Dias de Bivar
".... Can they not just pluck one of theses branches off, put it in a flower pot and grow their own Saguaros?...."

It is a crime in Arizona to dig up or mutilate desert cactus, especially saguaros.

69 posted on 05/30/2021 9:17:44 AM PDT by HotHunt
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To: blam
experts suspect it may be an example of how the warming environment is impacting even the oldest of plants.

"Experts," "suspect," "may be..." What a load of carp! These idiots look for anything to blame on global warming, er, I mean "climate change."

70 posted on 05/30/2021 9:18:54 AM PDT by JaguarXKE (Liberalism is a cancer on our nation.)
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To: blam

Covid cacti!


71 posted on 05/30/2021 9:22:35 AM PDT by freebird5850 (The only way I can treat this fever....More cowbell!)
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To: blam
This story is a load of crap.

We live in southern Arizona and this is the coolest spring that I can remember in 25+ years. We made it all the way to the end of May before our first 100 degree day. Doors and windows still open in the morning with temps around 67 degrees at 6 AM.

72 posted on 05/30/2021 9:31:35 AM PDT by pfflier
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To: blam

It’s more likely caused by UFO’s than ‘warming’... or lizard farts...


73 posted on 05/30/2021 9:43:05 AM PDT by GOPJ (To paraphrase Lavrentiy Beria, “show me the woker and I’ll show you the racist”- freeper Impala64ssa)
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To: blam

It’s more likely caused by UFO’s than ‘warming’... or even lizard farts...


74 posted on 05/30/2021 9:44:35 AM PDT by GOPJ (Democrats say blacks are too stupid to get an ID to vote. Is that insulting or what?)
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To: Ge0ffrey

Bingo! Liberalism is a mental disorder. There more at play here.


75 posted on 05/30/2021 9:58:11 AM PDT by hope_dies_last ( )
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To: Dusty Road
Been a wet cool spring here in West Texas and we’re having a heck of a catus and wildflower bloom right now.

The fact is that the earth's climate is not and never has been constant. Man's attempt to stop or disrupt natural climate cycles is vain, presumptious and stupid!

76 posted on 05/30/2021 10:27:33 AM PDT by JesusIsLord
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To: blam

Have they been tested for WuFlu?


77 posted on 05/30/2021 10:28:19 AM PDT by VanShuyten ("...that all the donkeys were dead. I know nothing as to the fate of the less valuable animals)
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To: frogjerk

Coincidence?

Or conspiracy?

78 posted on 05/30/2021 11:36:14 AM PDT by gundog (It was a bright cold day in April, and the clocks were striking thirteen. )
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To: blam

Cool!


79 posted on 05/30/2021 1:27:44 PM PDT by sauropod (Chance favors the prepared mind.)
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To: capydick
If it ain’t climate change than most likely caused by Covid…

You're prophetic! Just yesterday, Dr. Fauci and the CDC put out a directive that all Saguaros will wear a double mask until 70% of Saguaros have been vaccinated. LOL!!

80 posted on 05/31/2021 4:59:45 AM PDT by JesusIsLord
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