There were a half dozen or so around loaded like this one.

As a kid we used to cut the fruit open and eat the flesh. If I can get enough i may try to make some jelly.

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      Prickly pear cactus, the red bits are fruit… but covered with very fine spines. So small they are difficult to remove with tweezers.

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        I once handled this cactus very briefly without gloves, thinking I was being careful and avoiding all spines. Then, later, I realized it had tiny spines too. Painful lesson.