It can take more than 100 years to grow completely. The saguaro may live 200 years or more. It looks groovy, spiny, and archy. Its trunk is 3 feet around. It can store about 1 ton of water.
Woodpeckers peck holes in the saguaro cactus to make their nests in it.
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