Question: can cactus shoot their needles?
Answer: p.s. theyre only small spines. Hey- It might seem to shoot the spines but that's an illusion. The smallest, fuzzy spines are unique to Opuntias and are called glochids, by the way. In the case of some species, Opuntia rufida for example, the glochids can be dislodged by a stiff wind.