An amateur cyclist has been left in excruciating pain after crashing into a cactus plant.
Diego Moreno was riding at the back of a group of three in Buenos Aires when the accident happened.
Moreno had to have thousands of thorns and clumps of foliage removed from his body, which was no doubt a long and painful process.
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