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Desert Octopus

Blooming in Catalina State Park in Tucson, AZ, this particular cholla cactus made me wonder if it was dreaming of being an ocean-dwelling octopus.
20th March 2025 20th Mar 25

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Christine Sztukowski ace
Ouch, great detail
March 20th, 2025  
Lin ace
What a fabulous closeup.
March 20th, 2025  
haskar ace
Lovely details and colour.
March 20th, 2025  
Pat Knowles ace
That’s an extraordinary cactus! Exactly like an octopus so well named.
March 20th, 2025  
Rob Z ace
Lol - I love your image - and it definitely has delusions of living elsewhere...
March 20th, 2025  
gloria jones ace
Super textures, focus
March 20th, 2025  
Babs ace
So interesting, it looks almost alien.
March 20th, 2025  
Joan Robillard ace
Lovely
March 20th, 2025  
Allison Maltese ace
A nice shot of this most unusual cactus.
March 20th, 2025  
Pam Knowler ace
What a great looking plant with its tentacles!
March 21st, 2025  
J A Byrdlip ace
Looks as if it is waiting for you to walk by a little to close so it can hitch a ride.
March 21st, 2025  
Lou Ann ace
Or a tarantula? Super unusual.
March 21st, 2025  
*lynn ace
great clarity and details
March 21st, 2025  
Joanne Diochon ace
Kind of creepy, especially after someone mentioned a spider. Very interesting though.
March 21st, 2025  
Glover Shearron, Jr. ace
me likey
March 21st, 2025  
Rick ace
Does almost looks like the legs. Great shot.
March 21st, 2025  
Wendy ace
Congrats on winning the Sports Action, Taffy!
Now over to you to host the next round! https://365project.org/discuss/themes-competitions/50487/sportsaction-27-has-a-winner
I also tagged this shot just in case you do not see this one.
March 21st, 2025  
Kathy ace
An interesting shaped cactus and the yellow blooms look like little bunches of bananas.
March 21st, 2025  
Janice (chikadnz) ace
What an interesting plant - I wouldn't want to mess with those prickles, though!
March 21st, 2025  
Diana ace
Fabulous close up of this interesting plant, lovely details.
March 21st, 2025  
Peter Dulis ace
nice one
March 21st, 2025  
Kathy A ace
Such fabulous detail!
March 21st, 2025  
Beverley ace
Fabulous capture… wow it’s prickly
March 21st, 2025  
carol white ace
Great find and capture. Fav 😊
March 21st, 2025  
Elisabeth Sæter
Great shot
March 21st, 2025  
LManning (Laura) ace
It does have some creepy-crawly tendencies! Well spotted.
March 22nd, 2025  
Marloes ace
Prickling comp and super title. Another 'tof-Taffy'🤩
Tof means wonderful in Dutch ;)
March 22nd, 2025  
l.eggzy (Linda) ace
Wow, what an amazing plant...great capture
March 23rd, 2025  
Jeremy Cross ace
Lovely shot
March 23rd, 2025  
Elyse Klemchuk
Wow, wow! I don’t know a lot about cacti, and this is so neat! I reminds me a little of a dust mop.
March 24th, 2025  
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