[tarpalsfan]

Originally Posted by Worth1

That's how they spread their seeds by getting hung up on the legs of a critter after they bust open.
Nature is amazing.
This is the one we have here.
Cant count how many times I have seen a cow with one on its ankles.

I feel sorry for the poor cow with one of those claws around it's ankle.
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Those are neat claws! (not for a cow of course!) But the claws I grow are different, most of the claws 3, or more likely 4 tines, the tines alone are about 8 about inches long.
The claws I have are white seeded. My friend sent me some black seed for another claw...I got a new camera for Christmas, IF I can figure out how to use it, I will share a photo of one of the 4 tine claws.
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By the way, you have Devil's Claw growing wild? I grew up in S. Texas. I only saw a Devil's Claw once there, and it was one my grandfather had.