![Goats and prickly pear cacti](https://i0.wp.com/opuntiads.com/oblog/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/goats-and-cactus.jpg?resize=980%2C689&ssl=1)
Category: Animals
Animals are important for cactus and succulent biology. Various animals (from ants to elephants) eat cacti and succulents or their seeds. Birds are especially important for transporting seeds to new locations.
![Goats and prickly pear cacti](https://i0.wp.com/opuntiads.com/oblog/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/goats-and-cactus.jpg?resize=980%2C689&ssl=1)
![Phainopepla nitens, Andrew Johnson](https://i0.wp.com/opuntiads.com/oblog/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/Phainopepla-nitens-andrew-johnson.jpg?resize=980%2C798&ssl=1)
Where Do Birds Go After They Eat Cactus Fruit?
![Coyote with Opuntia and cholla, Searchnet.media](https://i0.wp.com/opuntiads.com/oblog/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/opuntia-coyote-searchnetmedia.jpg?resize=800%2C613&ssl=1)
Cactus Dinner for Coyotes
![Melocacatus violaceus, Andrew Nicolle](https://i0.wp.com/opuntiads.com/oblog/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/melocacatus-violaceus-andrew-nicolle1.jpg?resize=980%2C900&ssl=1)
Melocactus violaceus and the Lizard
![Black-tailed jackrabbit](https://i0.wp.com/opuntiads.com/oblog/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/jackrabbit-ed-schipul.jpg?resize=854%2C569&ssl=1)
Opuntia Interactions with Rabbits, Hares, and Rodents
![Nectary, Alexanderwild.com](https://i0.wp.com/opuntiads.com/oblog/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/nectary-alexanderwild.com_.png?resize=800%2C555&ssl=1)
Extrafloral Nectaries
![Echinopsis pachanoi](https://i0.wp.com/opuntiads.com/oblog/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/echniopsis-pachanoi-Michael-Whitehead.jpg?resize=635%2C427&ssl=1)
Big White Cactus Flowers
![Macroscelides proboscideus, Joachim Muller](https://i0.wp.com/opuntiads.com/oblog/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/Macroscelides-proboscideus-joachim-mullerb.jpg?resize=980%2C734&ssl=1)
Seeds Safe in the Desert Karoo?
![Black-eyed Bulbul on Aloe vryheidensis, Martin Heigan](https://i0.wp.com/opuntiads.com/oblog/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/Black-eyed-Bulbul-on-Aloe-vryheidensis-martin-heigan.jpg?resize=663%2C800&ssl=1)
Aloes and Birds
![Sifaka sp, climbing on Alluaudia, Leonora Enking](https://i0.wp.com/opuntiads.com/oblog/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/sifaka-climbing-on-alluaudia-Leonora-Enking-e1448828546324.jpg?resize=980%2C980&ssl=1)
Alluaudia
![Opuntia megasperma var megasperma](https://i0.wp.com/opuntiads.com/oblog/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/Opuntia-megasperma-var-megasperma-wildlifetravel.com_.png?resize=980%2C674&ssl=1)
Opuntia of the Galapagos Islands
![Elephants in area colonized by invasive Opuntia, Shirley Strum](https://i0.wp.com/opuntiads.com/oblog/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/Page-16-Image-16.jpg?resize=835%2C556&ssl=1)