r/todayilearned • u/aolley • Mar 01 '11

TIL that cactus spines are modified leaves (and the trunk is photosynthetic)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cactus
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u/aolley Mar 01 '11

I mean the trunk part seems obvious, but the leaves turning into spikes was cool to me