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　,these leafless giants can store water for use during the desert’s long dry seasons by　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 cacti　10　the age of 50 or so,cold-resistant flowers　11　at the top of the plants once a year.These flowers 　12　birds,bats and bees,which come for the honey and for the tasty flowers with their black seeds. 

　　　13　 the splendid saguaro cacti are plentiful in the Southwest,they are unfortunately 　14　.These giant saguaro cacti have great value in landscape gardening,and the thieves can earn thousands of dollars by uprooting and 　15　 them to nurseries(苗圃).To protect these southwestern 　16　,agents for the Arizona Department of Agriculture go around and 　17　the desert.It’s a most important job though a hard one.But without the saguaro cacti,many desert animals would suffer a lack of 　18　 and loss of nesting sites.The Southwest,too,would　19　something of unique importance,since these desert giants have become a 　20　of the dry region. 

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