Home / Series / TED-Ed / Aired Order / Season 2024 / Episode 11

Why does this flower smell like a dead body? - Daniel Nickrent

Deep inside the Sumatran rainforest, a carrion fly descends, guided by the scent of its favorite place to lay eggs: rotting animal carcasses. But when it lands, it isn’t on liquifying flesh, but instead on the world’s biggest, and perhaps strangest, flower— Rafflesia arnoldii. So, how does this giant flower grow? Daniel Nickrent explores the parasitic tendencies of the foul-smelling plant. Lesson by Daniel Nickrent, directed by Igor Ćorić, Artrake Studio.

English
  • Originally Aired February 6, 2024
  • Runtime 5 minutes
  • Production Code 4dPV9UnDEFY
  • Network YouTube
  • On Other Sites Official Website
  • Created February 7, 2024 by
    Kocha
  • Modified February 7, 2024 by
    Kocha