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Don't Touch that Cactus!
The city of Palm Desert, CA, is resorting to micro-chipping the cacti used to landscape local roadways.
After shifting away from water-intensive landscaping, city officials discovered that the climate-appropriate flora -- especially the golden barrel cacti, which cost up to $800 each -- were attracting cactus rustlers.
I'm not sure which part of the story is most interesting -- the smart xeriscaping, the strange thefts that wild-west lawlessness hard times seem to breed, or the fact that soon everything may have its own IP address...
