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 Scientists Discover What Makes the Corpse Flower Produce Its Rotting Flesh Stench

<img width="1500" height="1000" src="https://gizmodo.com/app/uploads/2024/11/corpse-flower.jpg" alt="Cleveland Metroparks Zoo Corpse Flower">Researchers have revealed the genetic and chemical reasons behind the titan arum’s unique warming mechanism and putrid scent. 

https://gizmodo.com/this-flower-smells-like-a-rotting-corpse-and-now-scientists-know-how-2000524308