> WC> -> What's a "Florida sand spur"?
 > WC>
 > WC> It's the seed from a weed and is like a spiked ball with sharp
 > WC> protrusions all around.
 > WC> I didn't know what they were until I moved here either.
 > WC>
 > WC> When my dog picks up a few he stands there and waits for me to extract
 > WC> them from his paw.
 > WC> You have to pull them straight out quickly or the spines
 > WC> can break off and hurt too.

 > Sounds like a burr (the inspiration for velcro(tm))

No, it's not a burr.  Picture a medieval mace, one of those spiked balls on
the end of a chain, and you have it, in miniature.  (Without the chain.)

 > WC> Ha, I've beaten these odds, I had mine 28 years ago.
 > WC> Still rather memorable.

 > Just the once?  Lucky you!

 > I've had them 3-4 times that required medical
 > treatment (lithotripsy --
 > blasting them with 10,000 PSI sound waves to shatter
 > them!) (mine were nearly
 > an inch in diameter!)

 > & once they had to go "in" to blast them with a laser!
 > :( (I don't recommend
 > the experience!)

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