Very informative. The more people who help get rid of it on their properties & living areas will help prevent the spread. Until your animals get it on them will you understand! Thanks for this info!
As " newbies " to the beautiful Ridge we had heard all about the Hudson Pear. Now we have seen it here for the first time & learnt all about it before encountering any. Invaluable information & highly educational for all ages. Bravo for making this. Great informative channel. Well done !!
Thanks so much! It's a truly intimidating plant, and not something you want to get too attached to, if you get my drift! Happy to help, I hope this video helps to get the message out and maybe prevent injury and spread.
I was walking up a big hill in asension island.i looked up and saw the coast was clear for a bit so i could concentrate on my feet while i walked on all the loose rock.i walked headfirst into a 3 mitre high prickly pear cactus.was picking them out for months.
I am about 20 seconds in. Haven't even bothered with the rest yet. Already interested. Is there a person that has studied edible fungi of Australia? I have so many different types here. (Little DESERT, in Victoria). I eat the early stage puff balls here, but there are some types that I know are toxic in the area. I found some large fungi that have very different structural gill and internal structures. I don't know of anywhere to find out. They smell so good. I would love to eat one. However, have to find out how to start. Every book is about European types, that I could find. Some look similar, but some fake opals are passed as real ones. Look similar, but not a safe bet. LOL. Just a side thought. Now will watch the rest of the video and learn something more. Thanks for the work that you and your team go to. If it is just me learning one thing more than I thought that I knew, every second that you put in, helps one more person to learn more about this wonderful place called Australia. Greetings from Dimboola in Victoria. On with the video.
Thanks so much Nancy, always appreciate your comments. We filmed a LOT of episodes of Bush Botany in Lightning Ridge, but alas so far we haven’t touched on fungi - certainly a future project to explore, though. Hope you enjoy the rest of the video. 😁
@@CuriosityMine Every state in this country has it's own claim to fame. Opals in some. Gold in some. Silver. Aluminum. Pearls. All with own flora and fauna. Unique. Thank you so much for taking the time to reply to all of us. So much work behind the scenes, that we viewer's do not see or appreciate. I am so thankful for knowledge. Am a bit of an old duck(62), but my brain says, keep learning everything. Way better than any television program.
Accidently kicked one in Glengarry one day . I was wearing thongs . I know the pain. I couldn't move an inch further until I finger snapped each individual spike off and ripped the barbs out. And there were plenty of them. Didn't suffer any shock but suffice it to say it was far from a pleasant experience.
thanks for the warning and interesting video. Cacti as they call them are hell on earth. I spent a year and a half around Californian deserts in my early teens [funny enough learned my passion for opal there, my mum taught me we had a literal industry where as they had finite but highly dense lodes] and learned to not go near cactus with a barge pole from that. Rip it out as they say, is the way. The ending gives me hope,. i just hope those american scale insects.... eh, whatever they can have the prickly pears they could theoretically jump on to next. Not like any of us knows how to make them into food like mexicans. 😂
I can well imagine the deserts in CA would be treacherous when it comes to cacti! I’ll definitely be keeping away and minding where I step in the future. 🌵
yeah, native area oddly enough. Anza Borrago or whatnot. 13 years old. Wouldn't recommend. Please suppress them hard. We live in Townsville, and if they can survive down there they will surely spread up here.
Agreed - containment is definitely the best option. Thankfully it’s usually pretty obvious when it’s attached to your vehicle (or your backside!) so hopefully most accidental spreads can be prevented. Just a matter of awareness and forming new habits to watch out for the stuff.
Well done Russel & co
Thanks so much Leisa! 😁
Really informative and helpful. Thanks for the warnings.
Thanks so much - and thank you for watching and commenting, really appreciate it.
Awesome, I'm going to enjoy the bush botany series, great first installment
Thanks Mike! Plenty more to come, watch this space. 😁
Very informative. The more people who help get rid of it on their properties & living areas will help prevent the spread. Until your animals get it on them will you understand! Thanks for this info!
Absolutely Lisa! Thanks for the support. 😁👍
The only cacti near me are the potted ones on my shelf, but I loved watching this! Great video :)
Thanks so much, I really appreciate the comment! 😁🌵🪴
Great job, finally i know it's name.
I have seen the HP in LR area near Grawin, sharp like hens teeth, nasty bastard!
Poor Koala,
very good video.
Definitely an unpleasant thing to be around. Stay safe and thanks for commenting. 👍
As " newbies " to the beautiful Ridge we had heard all about the Hudson Pear.
Now we have seen it here for the first time & learnt all about it before encountering any. Invaluable information & highly educational for all ages.
Bravo for making this. Great informative channel. Well done !!
Thanks so much! It's a truly intimidating plant, and not something you want to get too attached to, if you get my drift! Happy to help, I hope this video helps to get the message out and maybe prevent injury and spread.
@@CuriosityMine cheers Russell
You deseve way more subscribers ;)
If only it was that easy 😩 thanks so much! 😁
I was walking up a big hill in asension island.i looked up and saw the coast was clear for a bit so i could concentrate on my feet while i walked on all the loose rock.i walked headfirst into a 3 mitre high prickly pear cactus.was picking them out for months.
Ouch! Definitely not ideal! 😩
LOL. Third of way through and Victoria seems like a good place to live. Now continue.
Arizona has vast areas you cant go into because of the Jumping Cholla.
Wise, but very unfortunate.
I am about 20 seconds in. Haven't even bothered with the rest yet. Already interested. Is there a person that has studied edible fungi of Australia? I have so many different types here. (Little DESERT, in Victoria). I eat the early stage puff balls here, but there are some types that I know are toxic in the area. I found some large fungi that have very different structural gill and internal structures. I don't know of anywhere to find out. They smell so good. I would love to eat one. However, have to find out how to start. Every book is about European types, that I could find. Some look similar, but some fake opals are passed as real ones. Look similar, but not a safe bet. LOL. Just a side thought. Now will watch the rest of the video and learn something more. Thanks for the work that you and your team go to. If it is just me learning one thing more than I thought that I knew, every second that you put in, helps one more person to learn more about this wonderful place called Australia. Greetings from Dimboola in Victoria. On with the video.
Thanks so much Nancy, always appreciate your comments. We filmed a LOT of episodes of Bush Botany in Lightning Ridge, but alas so far we haven’t touched on fungi - certainly a future project to explore, though. Hope you enjoy the rest of the video. 😁
@@CuriosityMine Every state in this country has it's own claim to fame. Opals in some. Gold in some. Silver. Aluminum. Pearls. All with own flora and fauna. Unique. Thank you so much for taking the time to reply to all of us. So much work behind the scenes, that we viewer's do not see or appreciate. I am so thankful for knowledge. Am a bit of an old duck(62), but my brain says, keep learning everything. Way better than any television program.
Ha! Anyone who has no respect for plants has never seen my favorite Aussie, Les Hiddens the Bush Tucker Man!
Accidently kicked one in Glengarry one day . I was wearing thongs . I know the pain.
I couldn't move an inch further until I finger snapped each individual spike off and ripped the barbs out. And there were plenty of them.
Didn't suffer any shock but suffice it to say it was far from a pleasant experience.
Aaaarggh I can feel that! Yeah, definitely not fun to have a run in with the stuff. Thanks for watching!
Actually it's North America that this cacti comes from . In the video he says its from South America which is incorrect .
You’re absolutely correct - apologies for missing that! 🌵
thanks for the warning and interesting video. Cacti as they call them are hell on earth. I spent a year and a half around Californian deserts in my early teens [funny enough learned my passion for opal there, my mum taught me we had a literal industry where as they had finite but highly dense lodes] and learned to not go near cactus with a barge pole from that. Rip it out as they say, is the way. The ending gives me hope,. i just hope those american scale insects.... eh, whatever they can have the prickly pears they could theoretically jump on to next. Not like any of us knows how to make them into food like mexicans. 😂
I can well imagine the deserts in CA would be treacherous when it comes to cacti! I’ll definitely be keeping away and minding where I step in the future. 🌵
Do you have a story about a dangerous cactus encounter? Lets hear it! (It doesn't have to be Hudson Pear!)
yeah, native area oddly enough. Anza Borrago or whatnot. 13 years old. Wouldn't recommend. Please suppress them hard. We live in Townsville, and if they can survive down there they will surely spread up here.
Agreed - containment is definitely the best option. Thankfully it’s usually pretty obvious when it’s attached to your vehicle (or your backside!) so hopefully most accidental spreads can be prevented. Just a matter of awareness and forming new habits to watch out for the stuff.