They can each weight as much as 9 tons
Woodpeckers and flickers drill holes in them
And their seeds are eaten by White-wing doves.
(As shown below, with me for scale, they are WAY bigger than I was expecting. I couldn't get the whole thing in the iPhone camera.)
Location: Saguaro National Park, AZ
Sources: https://www.wildflower.org/plants/result.php?id_plant=cagi10
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