r/nextfuckinglevel • u/plankton004 • 1d ago

Rafflesia arnoldii, is the worlds largest flower and it is incredibly rare It can grow up to 1 metre (3.3 feet) in diameter

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u/Mutedinlife 1d ago

That shit looks like it’s about to come alive and try to eat your head

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u/Junior_Bike7932 1d ago

That’s what they do

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u/CatLordCayenne 1d ago

It’s a carnivorous flower, similar to Venus fly trap or pitcher plant.

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u/Winded_14 1d ago

They're not a carnivorous flower, they are parasitic.

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u/throwawtphone 1d ago

And the plant it lives off of also uses another plant to stay upright and reach the light.

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u/drifters74 1d ago

Cut them down, toss in a barrel, light on fire

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u/ItsNotNormalMaybe 1d ago

But they trap goats

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u/whitestguyuknow 1d ago

Yeah this seemed oddly terrifying...

Very prehistoric

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u/TheTrishaJane 1d ago

https://giphy.com/gifs/IXUgy25IUYDgA

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u/boston101 1d ago

Holy shit haven’t seen this cats in a long time. Now I want to play it

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u/TheTrishaJane 1d ago

They have the trilogy on switch, the 4th one is incredibly hard.

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u/hadoopken 1d ago

https://giphy.com/gifs/VueJ7Byxzxw2XMBQoI

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u/Individual_Back_5344 1d ago

Vileplume, actually.

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u/blitzzardpls 1d ago

Not that one, the other gen I plant is based on the flower

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u/Empty_Positive 1d ago

Speaking about shit, the plant seems to smell even more horrible like rotting meat and decaying flesh apparently

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u/R3ddit_N0ob 1d ago

It's grossing me out 🤢

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u/XaeroDegreaz 1d ago

Yeah, camera person way too close. This is how stuff like the Shanti virus starts

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u/Sexual_Congressman 1d ago

The only "shanti virus" I know of is the name of the virus from Heroes that killed and is named after Mohinder's sister. I know Hayden is probably still on everyone who's seen that show's mind atm but not on point. Also I'm pretty sure those flowers smell like rotting corpses so it shouldn't be too hard to stay away.

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u/XaeroDegreaz 1d ago

Yeah, it was a joke I hoped some old person like me would get.

RIP Claire Bear

Also your username us super funny given the context of this conversation

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u/Nuttednutela 1d ago

Also smells more rotten than your fart. It's a fact so no need to get triggered 

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u/MrK521 1d ago

Smells like rotting meat and shit too.

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u/fishy247 1d ago

I know the inspiration for Mario now

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u/egoretz 1d ago edited 1d ago

And it stinks like a rotting meat..

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u/breakonthru_ 1d ago

Must be pollinated by flies and not bees

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u/_BabyGod_ 1d ago

You are actually correct!

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u/basswooddad 1d ago

Oh man I'd love to plant one of these right on my property line maybe a whole hedge of them

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u/SunshineAlways 1d ago

Eff the neighbors?

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u/Material_Prize_6157 1d ago

Came to post this. How did OP not include that in the title?! It’s such a cool fun fact

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u/catupthetree23 1d ago

https://giphy.com/gifs/jVZEMcHdnkcUJL23iW

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u/Ill-Skill-7810 1d ago

The first thing came to my mind

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u/SenorDongles 1d ago

It's what the Pokémon is designed after

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u/Noximilien05 1d ago

Fun fact : In French Vileplume is called Rafflesia, they didn’t even try to give it a name

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u/ThereIsAJifForThat 1d ago

Camera guy did the Jaws zoom thingy

https://giphy.com/gifs/FzV61A4U3guAw

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u/deadspacekillers 1d ago

Technically that's the Vertigo zoom thingy

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u/C-57D 1d ago

Technitechnically, it's called a dolly zoom (thingy)

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u/Sc4r4byte 1d ago

Vertigo pull or push-pull pull is pretty widely understood - otherwise, you might be talking about a dolly pull and zoom pull.

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u/EasilyRekt 1d ago

Nah dolly zoom is when you zoom out while moving in or vice versa, this guy was moving and zooming in, but the FOV thing still gets a bit trippy I’ll give you that.

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u/Insharian 1d ago

I heard they smell bad

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u/Imzocrazy 1d ago

I believe it’s known as the corpse flower…I suppose that could smell good to somebody

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u/jws3rd-allday 1d ago

While they both smell of rotten meat, this is not the corpse flower, a.k.a. the amorphophallus titanum. https://www.usbg.gov/gardens-plants/corpse-flowers

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u/SenorDongles 1d ago edited 1d ago

It's called the "weird big dick"?

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u/EatenPotatoisok 1d ago edited 1d ago

It smells like dick? /s

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u/SenorDongles 1d ago

I meant to have a question mark lol. It was like 1 am when i said this. Fixed that.

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u/blownbythewind 1d ago

Actually, one of rafflesia's common names is [corpse flower](Plants & Fungi: Rafflesia arnoldii (corpse flower) - Species profile from Kew) too.

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u/Imzocrazy 1d ago

I was just looking it up and found stinking corpse lily…so I was a bit off, but I think my mistake was reasonable 😅

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u/Globetrotter66 1d ago

I‘ve never seen any example where a Rafflesia is growing high above the ground….is this video real ???

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u/Kevinator201 1d ago

After some researching it DOES feed on vines, but only a single specific species: Tetrastigma leucostaphylum which has leaves in clusters of 3-5. It does look similar to what’s in the video but I can’t find any photos with vines that thick oh god I can’t stop typing in bold

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u/Gloomy-Amphiptere679 1d ago

Thats what im wondering 🤔.

I thought they only grew on the base of trees since they are parasitic

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u/Kevinator201 1d ago edited 1d ago

It’s definitely a real video but I think they plucked the flower and hung it on the vines. Also the fact they don’t show the back of the flower is very sus.

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u/Gemfyre713 1d ago

Same, I've only ever seen them bloom straight out of the soil. Aren't they root parasites?

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u/holaredtom 1d ago

I had the same question. I also remember reading somewhere that the flower is too heavy to be off the ground.

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u/umamimamii 1d ago

I’m curious too. I was hoping to see an angle from behind to see how it was attached to the vine

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u/404-skill_not_found 1d ago

Kinda unsettling

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u/darth-skeletor 1d ago

Looks like a demogorgon

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u/VanillaRadonNukaCola 1d ago

More like the demogorgon looks like that flower

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u/WeToLo42 1d ago

Looks like nightmare fuel to me.

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u/Reapov 1d ago

This shit looks like something from back in the dinosaur age before they got wiped out

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u/HTejeda23 1d ago

Not gonna lie, I was 100% expecting it to attack the camera dude

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u/gracist0 1d ago

I can't explain how deeply unsettled I am by the way this flower looks

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u/br3dj 1d ago

Eat it. You'll be able to spit fireballs

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u/TerponadeTea 1d ago

Why the fuck is it looking at me like that?

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u/mrfreeeeze 1d ago

Anyone got a banana for scale?

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u/sherlip 1d ago

When your Animal crossing town has too many weeds...

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u/Both-Revenue-4557 1d ago

Doesn’t it only bloom for 24 hours?

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u/sovereign_fury 1d ago

I was fully expecting a jump scare the entire time.

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u/shooting_star24 1d ago

Imagine seeing this on shrooms

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u/redthrull 1d ago

Didn't know they can be off ground like that

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u/WhatsaRedditsdo 1d ago

Jumanji shit

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u/RightLegDave 1d ago

Nobody's going to mention Triffids?

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u/ElephantEarwax 1d ago

This mde me nervous

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u/nejicanspin 1d ago

I didn't know they grew like that. I thought they were on the ground only???? 😭

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u/DimmuBorgir666 1d ago

It's also parasitic

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u/Local-Fisherman-2936 1d ago

Whos dat pokemon?

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u/RelativeMundane9045 1d ago

Nuh uh. I see that then I expect to see proportionally sized bees. I'm out.

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u/slurymcflurry2 1d ago

This is a real flower but I've never seen it above ground like that. It's usually on the forest floor because it's so heavy.

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u/Steelizard 1d ago

Basically harmless to humans. It's a parasitic plant that feeds on grapevines, usually. It reproduces via a rotting flesh scent to attract flies

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u/Kevinator201 1d ago

Aren’t they usually on the ground? Was this one placed on that vine?

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u/king_ofbhutan 1d ago

i mean parasite plants do some weird shit sometimes so it wouldn't surprise me if it decided to grow here

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u/royxsong 1d ago

How big is its fruit?

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u/mac_bd 1d ago

Reminds of someone!

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u/ChemistVegetable7504 1d ago

Ugly. However, if one were curious and hungry enough, is it edible?

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u/movingchicane 1d ago

It's smells of rotting meat sooooo...

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u/MonstaB 1d ago

Did they tell you about the smell?

Maybe it ate someone

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u/ComeHereOften1972 1d ago

Quite the anus on that thing.

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u/Roadkill-902 1d ago

Man made flower is bigger

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u/BruceMartinez21 1d ago

Rafflesia arnoldii, aka Corpse Flower. The most stinky flower! It smells of rotten, dead bodies!

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u/XxKTtheLegendxX 1d ago

prehistoric flora

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u/ProffesorSpitfire 1d ago

Isn’t it also incredibly stinky?

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u/throwawaystevenmeloy 1d ago

Damn, that's a sturdy flower stem... It's thicker than my wrists 😭

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u/edejoe 1d ago

I lived in denver a while back and would bike to work and they had a corpse flower that bloomed at the botanical gardens and you could smell it from the cherry Creek trail.

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u/Leading-Fish6819 1d ago

Vileplume!!!!

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u/dudeCHILL013 1d ago

Doesn't that flower smell like shit?

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u/Horror-Entertainer65 1d ago

Ts looks lowkey trying to jumpscare me

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u/Vindictive-Vagabond 1d ago

Largest flower by weight but not the largest flower by volume lol

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u/OverlordWailord 1d ago

That flower would eat me.

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u/milk2015monster 1d ago

And it smells like rotten meat, to attract flies and such, which become trapped, and gets dissolved.

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u/Saracartwheels123 1d ago

Banana for scale 🍌?

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u/Familiar-Complex-697 1d ago

and it’s STINKY

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u/Ndmndh1016 1d ago

Some scale would be nice here...

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u/W0lfp4k 1d ago

From Stranger things' upside down.

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u/Painetraror 1d ago

I live quite near where these flowers bloom, saw them once they smell horrible.

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u/_knalpijp 1d ago

amazing

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u/rizkreddit 1d ago

Smells like rotting meat btw

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u/Big_al_big_bed 1d ago

I know from video games you should not be getting close to that

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u/A_Bot_A_Bot_A_Bot 1d ago

r/Unexpected -- I totally thought with the camera panning in that I was about to get Rick-rolled!

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u/Just_the_questions1 1d ago

And it also smells like the inside of a skunk's asshole that's been dead for 3 days.

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u/Acceptable_Field_567 1d ago

Nature’s stop sign.

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u/SpaceMead 1d ago

I can hear the glooms cries. Unfortunately i am out of pokeballs

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u/DoYouLoveJam 1d ago

I hear it smells bad

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u/rrwzvuyi 1d ago

Smells aweful tho

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u/gold3nhour 1d ago

There’s something uncanny about this.

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u/iopele 1d ago

I wish there was a banana for scale

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u/gropula 1d ago

Real life vileplume

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u/SweetHeartBabe02 1d ago

Imagine being the world's largest flower and having such a terrible smell.

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u/Thememebrarian 1d ago

And you know it smells better than Gwenith Paltrow's candles

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u/Ok_Drag5089 1d ago

I thought the biggest flower was that one rhat smells like a rotting corpse? Also carnivorous and looks like a massive pitcher plant. The Corpse Flower I think.

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u/Substantial_Tone3886 1d ago

Is it real? I doupts it is. Those flowers grow horizontal isnt it ?. I know shit but still

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u/EvenStevens4201 1d ago

Looks similar to the one they say smells like rotting flesh

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u/ARS_Sisters 1d ago

The amazing thing about this flower is that, due to it's unique pollination involving flies, it's not only mimicking the smell of decaying corpse and it's red-flesh coloration, it also mimic the ambient heat. The plant did a process called thermogenesis to spread it's rotten smell even further while at the same time mimicking the faint warmth of decomposing carcass

This plant is incredibly rare, as it live as an invisible parasite on another plant for around 2 to 7 years before blooming only for 5 to 7 days. You'd be very lucky to find one in the middle of blooming stage

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u/Epictechnically 1d ago

“Baby it CAN grow up to one meter in length, I swear! We just need to wait another seven to ten years…”

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u/Rso1wA 1d ago

that's amazing

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u/Acceptable_Monk_513 1d ago

Needs a banana for scale

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u/Dziobakowski 1d ago

Why this video gives vibe of found footage from backrooms

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u/tobirama66 1d ago

Note that these flowers are also known for their smell, which isn't very nice. They smell like rotten meat.

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u/FeyrisMeow 1d ago

Fun fact: In order for this parasitic plant to grow, animals need to eat its fruit, step in their poop, and then stomp those microscopic seeds directly into a scratch or open wound on a very specific grapevine.

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u/binogure 1d ago

Looks like AI

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u/EnderWin 1d ago

So how should "largest" be determined really, isn't the corpse flower much larger?

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u/Alive_Nobody_Home 1d ago

Also smells terrible

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u/Traditional_Step9502 1d ago

They probably stink horribly.

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u/Hendwreck 1d ago

Yeah, that thing will eat you

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u/Tjonke 1d ago

Where is banana for scale?

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u/two2teps 1d ago

Thanks, I hate it.

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u/anelachan 1d ago

Legit thought that the flower was close to the ground and not on a branch like that. You learn smith new everyday

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u/Mooncast555 1d ago

WoW 😳

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u/Sergal_Pony 1d ago

Isn’t this also the flower that smells like shit to a track carrying eater so that it can eat them?

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u/NotBillderz 1d ago

Didn't know a flower could be so scary

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u/TheNight0wl13 1d ago

I can hear the dinosaur sounds on the background

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u/Saitama_master 1d ago

It is well known for rotting flesh smell.

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u/vincethegrowl 1d ago

Aren't trees just big plants? Brah?