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Have you ever fallen on a prickly pear? They are very tough. They do not just break off. I cannot imagine how you would cut off a tail without a knife. (Fruit seems to come off easier when it is ripe anyway). Also they are prickly. In addition to the spines they are covered with hairs that have a mild irritant chemical in them. the hairs are really irritating. you do not want to get them in your mouth, that is for sure. Maybe she had some duct tape to remove the hairs.
"When picking a prickly pear cactus fruit, you must protect your hands. You can use thick gloves or an old towel folded into a couple of layers. Six paper towels stacked together should also work just fine. Use the gloves or towels to grip the fruit, and gently twist it. The greener fruits will require a firmer grip and more twisting, and the riper fruits will pop right off with very little effort. Place the fruits into a bowl or basket. Do not touch the fruit with your bare hands. You will need to get the glochids off so that you can handle the fruit. (If you purchase the fruit from a store, these glochids should already be removed.) The glochids can easily be burned off over an open flame."
You will need to get the glochids off so that you can handle the fruit. (If you purchase the fruit from a store, these glochids should already be removed.) The glochids can easily be burned off over an open flame."
Glochids. I have never seen that word before. Is that the hair?I googled it but the definition is not clear.
a barbed bristle on the areole of some cacti.
Definition of areole. : a round or elongated often raised or depressed area on a cactus which is equivalent to a bud and from which spines, flowers, stems, or roots grow.
Still not clear. Glochids must be either spines or hair, not sure which one.
Maybe she had a potato peeler in her pocket. That is what my friend and I used when he showed me how to eat them. A potato peeler works great and it would explain a lot. Someone needs to tell her she was peeling potatoes for the camping trip before they left and absent mindedly shoved the peeler into her pocket. Then her story woudl make more sense. Anyone know how to get her a message?
I'm voting for domestic dispute (husband grabbed her arm) she fled when he drove off to move the car. She stayed hidden and ignored his calls. After spending a night out there she woke up and realized she wasn't sure what direction to go so down seemed the best choice. Then she got into trouble without food or water.
Actually, that area is probably too dry for very many mosquitoes to be around. I've been bitten plenty, but only in swampy areas or while hiking through vegetation near streams or lakes. There are few bugs in the more arid parts of California mountains, which this definitely was.
From your article, this is almost humorous. Who hikes in a bikini? I do hope she is found safe.
"Robert said he believes his wife, who was wearing a bikini and carrying a beer in her hand, might have been picked up while crossing the road to get back to their trailer and taken to Las Vegas."
One evening, our university student daughter walks into our house and I realize something is very wrong. All the color is drained from her and she looks very wobbly. I have no idea what on earth the matter is, but we immediately begin to assist her and discover her hand has been deeply cut (apparently, she wrapped the wound and sat with her head between her knees for some time before we saw her). It turns out she asked the family next door if she could cut off a pad or fruit or some bit of a prickly pear cactus to take to a classmate who was starting a research project on them. She is very experienced with plants and bugs and the outdoors and I am sure she proceeded with caution, but even so her hand slipped...
She needed several stitches. I don't even need to ask her opinion on the validity of the cactus eating/drinking with no tools or gloves or towels theory.
My wife and I were visiting Yosemite National Park several years ago and had a very frightening experience while in the woods. We had taken a path and walked a quarter of a mile or, when all of a sudden it became noticeably quiet no sound whatsoever, there’s always sounds of birds and animals around but this as dead silent without even a breeze blowing. We looked at each other and turned around to head back to the SUV in the parking lot. Never had I been in the wilderness or woods and not heard wildlife of some sort. Things just didn’t feel right, very scary!
If a predatory animal is about the birds and other small animals hide and get really quiet. If you don't hear the small critters that's when something isn't right.
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