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Wisconsin Corpse Plant To Bloom Again

Posted by Zonk on from the wisconsin-has-the-best-stuff dept.

V_IL_Len writes "The University of Wisconsin's original Amorphophallus titanum, or 'corpse plant' known as Big Bucky is ready to bloom and emit its intensely malodorous stench. The plant only blooms a few times in its 40 year life span and each bloom lasts only 2-3 days. Its stench attracts carrion beetles and flesh flies to pollinate it. See this link for photos and live stream of the bloom."

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  1. What Does This Have To Do With Technology? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    This is a PLANT. This has NOTHING to do with technology. This DOES NOT belong on Slashdot.

    1. Re:What Does This Have To Do With Technology? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

      When you get your head out of your ass, you'll see that Slashdot is a TECHNOLOGY website, not a SCIENCE website.

      Even IF Slashdot was a SCIENCE website, whatever happened to "Stuff that matters"? The mere BLOOMING of a PLANT whose main claim to fame is that it smells like a dead corpse does NOT "matter".

  2. What should be news is the genocide in Rwanda by Senor_Programmer · · Score: -1, Troll

    Where the hell were you then? Doing NOTHING!b

    Iraq is not Vietnam no matter how much you, 'I wish I'd been a hippie' folks want it to be.