Among plants, the cactus is a desert plant, the common cactus is generally more than ten centimeters to 3 meters high, but in the desert, there is a giant pillar cactus, its vertical trunk is generally as high as 15 meters or more, and often a huge giant column cactus can provide support for an animal community. Recently, in Phoenix, Arizona, the photographer photographed an owl cleverly nesting on a cactus, using spike defense to let the three eagles play safely.
According to the photographer: this owl is a gray-horned owl, in the eagle's nest, an adult owl and three owl chicks, very safe in the eagle nest, looking at the camera with a cute face.
This owl is very clever, choosing to build the eagle nest on a cactus more than 10 meters high, on the one hand, there is a height to avoid predators from the ground, and the other is that the use of cactus spikes can play a good defense, while hiding in the cactus, the cactus has sufficient water storage, and can also avoid the hot enemies of the desert.
In the breeding of gray horned owls, female owls will always stay in the nest to hatch 2 to 3 eggs, then the male owls are responsible for finding food, feeding mates, it often brings mice, voles and squirrels back to the nest from a long distance for the female birds responsible for incubating eggs to enjoy, when the young eagle breaks out of the shell, its task becomes more arduous, and from then on it also has to shoulder the work of feeding the young birds, the gray horned owl is very responsible.
In the cactus, the giant pillar cactus is one of the highest cactus varieties in the world, the height is amazing, the water storage is also amazing, the giant pillar cactus has an amazing water storage capacity, the root system of the giant pillar cactus can absorb about a ton of water, so if there is no water source in the desert, cutting the giant pillar cactus to take water is also a way to quench thirst.
Giant pillar cactus can often form an ecological circle, can provide a food source for an animal community, including underground animals, insects, songbirds, etc., so the giant pillar cactus has a very important ecological role in the desert!
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