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How do Cacti hydrate themselves in the Desert? (lemmy.ml)
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[–] jxk@sh.itjust.works 1 points 2 years ago

I guess they pick up water through their roots. It may not rain often, but when it does a cactus picks up water and stores it in its thick stems.