Please do NOT try to drink the cactus! Even if you're REALLY thirsty. In fact, especially if you're really thirsty. There's a long standing desert myth that barrel cacti are emergency water sources File:Efeu Haus 270242.jpg Wikimedia Commons Editorial style image of a sunny desert bungalow with tall cactus and handmade furnishings, framed under a vivid clear sky with no clouds 68632478 Stock Photo at Vecteezy Efeu Fertighecke 180 cm Hedgy Heckenpflanzen