Visitors to the dry, hot Sonoran Desert of the southern Arizona and northern Mexico are amazed at the many-armed giants. They are the saguaro cacti ( 树形仙人掌 ),
which gives the landscape its
__1__
appearance. In the dry desert the saguaro cacti can live for more than 200 years,grow to a
__2__
of 60 feet,and have as many as 50 arms.
More __3__, the saguaro cacti still persist despite the unbearable desert climate. Those that have grown to old age have
__4__
droughts, freezes, flash floods, and bush fires as well as the
__5__
caused by groups of rats that eat their seedlings(秧苗). Like all other desert
__6____7__
water through their long roots.
Naturally,the great saguaro cacti are a(n)
__8__
part of the desert life. Actually the giants may be
___9__
to many animals, including woodpeckers, owls, doves, bats and insects. In addition,after a saguaro
__10__
the age of 50 or so, cold-resistant flowers
__11__
at the top of the plants once a year.These flowers
___12__
birds, __13__
the splendid saguaros are plentiful in the Southwest, they are unfortunately
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