The Weirdest Parasite on Earth

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Get a 2-year plan + 4 extra months and 30 days money-back guarantee by going to https://nordvpn.com/realscience Watch this video ad-free on Nebula: https://nebula.tv/videos/realscience-why-does-this-flower-smell-so-bad Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/realscience Twitter: https://twitter.com/stephaniesamma Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/stephaniesammann Credits: Narrator: Stephanie Sammann Writer: Lorraine Boissoneault Editor: Dylan Hennessy (https://www.behance.net/dylanhennessy1) Illustrator: Elfy Chiang (https://www.elfylandstudios.com/) Illustrator/Animator: Kirtan Patel (https://kpatart.com/illustrations) Animator: Mike Ridolfi (https://www.moboxgraphics.com/) Sound: Graham Haerther (https://haerther.net) Thumbnail: Simon Buckmaster (https://twitter.com/forgottentowel) Producer: Brian McManus (https://www.youtube.com/c/realengineering) References: [1] https://www.worldwildlife.org/places/borneo-and-sumatra [2] https://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/infopedia/articles/SIP_38_2005-01-22.html [3] https://www.harvardmagazine.com/2017/03/colossal-blossom [4] https://www.nybg.org/garden/the-corpse-flower-amorphophallus-titanum/ [5] https://www.quantamagazine.org/dna-of-giant-corpse-flower-parasite-surprises-biologists-20210421/ [6] https://books.google.com/books?id=Hc4aBgAAQBAJ&pg=PP7&lpg=PP7&dq=The+Rafflesia+in+the+Natural+and+Imperial+Imagination+of+the+East+India+Company+in+Southeast+Asia&source=bl&ots=QxhvJxYhju&sig=ACfU3U1-UUiMnOI0erzC3MeYS3rsdl81kA&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjS0dTS_Lf6AhVfEVkFHSu8Aj4Q6AF6BAgCEAM#v=onepage&q=The%20Rafflesia%20in%20the%20Natural%20and%20Imperial%20Imagination%20of%20the%20East%20India%20Company%20in%20Southeast%20Asia&f=false [7] https://academic.oup.com/mbe/article/31/4/793/1110087 [8] https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4536854/ [9] https://www.quantamagazine.org/dna-of-giant-corpse-flower-parasite-surprises-biologists-20210421/ [10] https://www.google.com/books/edition/Carrion_Ecology_Evolution_and_Their_Appl/VXxjCgAAQBAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=Carrion+and+Dung+Mimicry+in+Plants&pg=PA361&printsec=frontcover [11] https://www.britannica.com/science/hydrocarbon/Polymerization#ref1004383 [12] https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/tpj.14496 [13] https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S1369526607001732 [14] https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/jse.12260 [15] https://www.nationalgeographic.com/environment/article/cultivating-the-worlds-largest-stinkiest-flower-is-no-small-task?loggedin=true [16] https://doaj.org/article/8bd3034a94b34218885a47a4d0443206 [17] https://earth.org/deforestation-in-southeast-asia/ [18] https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2351989422000658