[lil fu fu girl]

Originally Posted by shodanusmc

Jumping Cholla, also known as the Cylindropuntia fulgida. Carlo picked up 100's of them, and then they transfered to me before I realized what was happening on a walk while in AZ. We had to walk back 4 miles and he had them all over, not sure how he made it. Vet had to knock him out, and work on him for 3 hours to remove all of them, even got into his mouth. Just pulling them out of my hands felt worse than pulling out a fish hook. We learned where not to walk and what to avoid after that.

Oh no...that must have been terrible!
Poor Carlo, and you, I cannot imagine what kind of pain both of you must have been in.

Found a video of jumping cholla and watched it to see what it looked like. Judging from what this poor guy went through it must have been terrible.
WARNING....The language was horrible, but you get a feeling of what it must have been like....

YouTube - Attack of the Jumping Cholla Cactus