Animals In The Desert That Eat Cactus

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Animals in the desert that eat cactus. Reptiles eat cacti and their flowers. There are few animals in the desert that dine on cacti and theyusually restrict the menu to the prickly pear cactus. Reptiles eat cacti and their flowers.

Desert Cottontail Sylvilagus audubonii eating cacti Bosque del Apache National Wildlife Refuge New Mexico USA A Cactus Wren Campylorhynchus brunneicapillus perches in a tree in the desert in Lost Dutchman State Park in Arizona. Similarly what animal eats cholla cactus. He said he found a coatimundi chomping on his prickly pear cactus.

Insects such as bees and butterflies drink the nectar of the cactus flower. Camels are often called the ships of the desertDomesticated more than 3000 years ago the animals can tote 200 pounds dozens of miles. Camels can feed on the entire cactus plant including its fruits and thorns.

There are pictures of mule deer land iguana desert squirrel cactus mouse desert tortoise African blue tit birds desert cottontail rabbits as well. Animals such as deers squirrels birds beetles tortoises pack rats javelinas antelopes and jackrabbits all eat cactus fruit. Jackrabbits eat Prickly Pear cactus and do so near the base where there are no large spines.

They are the most preyed upon creatures the food of lizards rodents and desert mice. Usually the wrens will build nests in the prickly spines of a cactus such as a cholla see picture at right. Some of the animals that can eat cactus are camels ground squirrel jackrabbits gophers prairie dogs galapagos land iguana horses packrats woodpecker eastern cottontail collared peccary some cows and horses alpaca etc.

Insects such as bees and butterflies drink the nectar of the cactus flower. Pack rats eat Prickly Pear as well and also avoid large spines eating around them. The collared peccary a type of hog eats the prickly pear cactus.