Thanks. I guess. Still unsure what the difference is between the two for a definitive ID.
@Kelli - can you weigh in since apparently your photo is being used as a decision maker? I've been looking online and see that teddy bear cholla is often called jumping cholla, yet there seem to be two different species - C. bigelovii (teddy bear) and C. fulgida (jumping). I'm unable to discern how one differs from the other.