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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
National
Tory Shepherd

Smells like dead rats: crowds flock to catch a whiff of blooming corpse flower in Adelaide

A corpse flower, which emits a stench that can travel for kilometres to lure flesh flies, sweat bees and carrion beetles, has just bloomed in the Adelaide Botanic gardens.

It only blooms once every few years, and only for about 48 hours, to attract insects that have already wallowed in the pollen of another corpse flower.

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