PHOENIX — A coyote pup is recovering after a brutal run-in with a cholla cactus in Arizona.
The animal was found, covered in thousands of spines, in the town of Surprise, about 30 miles northwest of Phoenix. Thanks to some careful work by the Southwest Wildlife Conservation Center, the little coyote is expected to be OK, KPNX reported.
But this pup definitely learned the hard way that cholla cacti are not to be messed with…