If you need to handle it, do so with metal implements, such as barbecue tongs, whenever possible.
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Protect yourself if you have to handle this type of cactus. Meet the Teddy bear Cholla Cact us also known as the Jumping Cholla Cactus! The teddy bear cholla is also found in a protected Cholla Cactus Garden as part of the Joshua Tree National Park among other desert plants such as the desert senna, pencil cholla, creosote bush, jojoba, and climbing milkweed Sarcostemma cynanxhoides ssp.

Wear reinforced work gloves, safety goggles, a hat, and heavy-duty, long-sleeve shirt and pants when you plant, transplant, take cuttings, harvest seeds or remove an invasive jumping cholla.