GIANT VISNAGA; GIANT BAR- 

 REL CACTUS (Echinocactus 

 Visnaga). (Baby specimen) 



A monster growth, six to nine feet 

 tall in mature specimens, three to 

 four feet in diameter, weighing over 

 four thousand pounds and estimated 

 by scientists to attain the age of a 

 thousand years! 



MEXICAN FRUIT CACTUS 

 (Echinocactus hamatacanthus) 



The dried fruit of this cactus, sweet 

 and very sugary, is considered a rare 

 delicacy by hundreds of thousands of 

 tourists. 



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