re: #127 wrenchwench
Nope. It’s a yucca. Which also has plenty of points. As do mesquite, agaves, ocotillos, and of course the many cacti.
Cats like to stay indoors in the Southwest.
I dunno. There are plenty of pictures of that blog of Tarder Sauce and Pokey outside and most of the time they seem quite curious about what is going on around them.