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  • It appears to have fur, whiskers and teeth. Its blood-red surface is tough and warty, and it reeks of death. But this is no animal…
    Rafflesia is also known as the stinking corpse lily because of its powerful scent: rotting meat. But why has it picked this pungent smell?
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  • @anshaabdul1089
    @anshaabdul1089 2 ปีที่แล้ว +18071

    A minute to admire a hard work of a finger sized cameraman that got into the flower insides and filmed us everything.

    • @jody024
      @jody024 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1218

      Ant Man his side hustle is paying off.

    • @jathebest2835
      @jathebest2835 2 ปีที่แล้ว +616

      Don't forget the fact that a cameraman never dies anywhere.!

    • @abelmesfin4848
      @abelmesfin4848 2 ปีที่แล้ว +141

      He shrinks

    • @MeLeTroll
      @MeLeTroll 2 ปีที่แล้ว +180

      Even more impressive feat considering the enormous camera they had to carry!

    • @justincase8731
      @justincase8731 2 ปีที่แล้ว +49

      Macro lenses

  • @Profitglutton90
    @Profitglutton90 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5757

    David Attenborough has got to be the best narrator in several generations. He gave this mammoth of a plant it’s own personality and made it sound frighteningly powerful.

    • @Superivon-tz6fv
      @Superivon-tz6fv 2 ปีที่แล้ว +69

      He even made it into a evil genius. His "success", i mean

    • @googleedood9721
      @googleedood9721 2 ปีที่แล้ว +21

      Sounds like Winnie the Pooh, lol

    • @lebong4606
      @lebong4606 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      this is said every video ive watched we get it

    • @Profitglutton90
      @Profitglutton90 2 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      @@lebong4606 and you’re going to keep hearing it too

    • @lebong4606
      @lebong4606 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@Profitglutton90 edgy

  • @assasinationnation98
    @assasinationnation98 2 ปีที่แล้ว +954

    This planet is so crazy man. How a plant can evolve its own specific adaptations and characteristics is beyond anything I can comprehend. Truly amazing.

    • @okamijubei
      @okamijubei 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Uh... Touched by a leaf stone

    • @jackieboud2490
      @jackieboud2490 2 ปีที่แล้ว +32

      Isn’t God good! :) 🌺

    • @edsburnout3641
      @edsburnout3641 2 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      @@jackieboud2490 more like scary.

    • @ruebke1485
      @ruebke1485 2 ปีที่แล้ว +32

      @@jackieboud2490 ignorance breeds faith.

    • @fairuzraz2468
      @fairuzraz2468 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@ruebke1485 failed condom breed you

  • @TheBizarre1
    @TheBizarre1 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4434

    A flower that seems to have sprouted straight from hell and instead of bees pollinating it, it has flies. This is fascinating

    • @okamijubei
      @okamijubei 2 ปีที่แล้ว +94

      Or evolved with a leaf stone.

    • @CookedOnions
      @CookedOnions 2 ปีที่แล้ว +170

      It's like something out of a Dark Souls game.

    • @divinefem8793
      @divinefem8793 2 ปีที่แล้ว +77

      Exactly the devils plant you know he tries HARD to be just like God and could never

    • @TheBizarre1
      @TheBizarre1 2 ปีที่แล้ว +48

      @@divinefem8793 okay.

    • @gravekeepersven82
      @gravekeepersven82 2 ปีที่แล้ว +50

      I wouldn't be surprised if corpse plants are all over hell. I've read some near death experiences about hell smelling rank.

  • @avariceseven9443
    @avariceseven9443 2 ปีที่แล้ว +13133

    I did not know it takes them 5 years to bloom. That’s insane.

    • @HiggsBosonBlues2020
      @HiggsBosonBlues2020 2 ปีที่แล้ว +127

      @Darin Stallings in that case, why havent nerds and geeks gone extinct?

    • @chadhindsley5431
      @chadhindsley5431 2 ปีที่แล้ว +66

      Dennis causes Mr Wilson to miss the blooming every time

    • @charliecrome207
      @charliecrome207 2 ปีที่แล้ว +204

      how did they film this 🤔

    • @Valeria-wf4bd
      @Valeria-wf4bd 2 ปีที่แล้ว +98

      It's actually from 7 to 10 years not 5

    • @extracoconuts5975
      @extracoconuts5975 2 ปีที่แล้ว +48

      5 years also if wather and climate good, possibly could be longer

  • @delavalmilker
    @delavalmilker ปีที่แล้ว +383

    I once visited the US Botanic garden, where some of these were blooming. I'm a farmer, and I've been around dead animals. Even in the July heat. So I know how rotting carcasses smell. But to say these flowers are "pungent" is an understatement. One good whiff, and I almost lost my dinner.

    • @Purwapada
      @Purwapada 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      no

    • @MUNCHAE
      @MUNCHAE 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

      ..this flower is only on malaysia if i'm correct..

    • @MK-dr7dx
      @MK-dr7dx 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +36

      ​@@MUNCHAE It’s at a botanical garden, a place where a variety of plants from all over the world are grown and displayed, like a zoo for plants.

    • @abridgedbog7753
      @abridgedbog7753 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +12

      ​@@MUNCHAE what part of Botanic garden didn't you understand

    • @syntaxlytranslation3295
      @syntaxlytranslation3295 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

      ​it's not in Malaysia, but Indonesia, precisely in Kalimantan or often called Borneo Island where part of Malaysia, part of Indonesia and Brunei Darussalam are located ​@@MUNCHAE

  • @XiAnais-bt9ke
    @XiAnais-bt9ke 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3017

    Everything about this flower is extraordinary. The 5 years to maturity. The 1 day to reproduce (relying on a fly to find the opposite sex flower, that might ALSO be open that 1 day window). Everything.

    • @danielharvison7510
      @danielharvison7510 2 ปีที่แล้ว +289

      Makes one very surprised that this species still manages to survive, considering the odds. Also, this plant just grossed me out through the entire video. That is one gross plant!

    • @gh0sT2018
      @gh0sT2018 2 ปีที่แล้ว +58

      @@danielharvison7510 it looks like it will chomp my head off

    • @ay2011
      @ay2011 2 ปีที่แล้ว +62

      the answer is god. he keeps it in balance. without him, nothing would last.

    • @Amoogus
      @Amoogus 2 ปีที่แล้ว +312

      @@ay2011 guess he wasn't a fan of dinosaurs huh?

    • @moneysigndon
      @moneysigndon 2 ปีที่แล้ว +39

      @@Amoogus 😂

  • @ArmedTheAsians
    @ArmedTheAsians 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3037

    This plant always fascinate me ever since I saw it in a book back when I was in elementary school. Even saw it in person when I was in college, I was lucky enough to see it when it was mature and I could smell it’s terrible stench. Plant from another planet

    • @adityasamani4299
      @adityasamani4299 2 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      may i ask where you saw it?

    • @dominiqueedwards1018
      @dominiqueedwards1018 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Where did you see this plant?

    • @knock-knockwhosthere9933
      @knock-knockwhosthere9933 2 ปีที่แล้ว +130

      The giant flower only lasted two days most and it will rot. With all the arrangment of transportation and stuff to get there and be able to stare at the whole thing inside, consider yourself lucky.

    • @ManuEreve
      @ManuEreve 2 ปีที่แล้ว +88

      @@dominiqueedwards1018 It's in his name.

    • @treepeenbawlz1934
      @treepeenbawlz1934 2 ปีที่แล้ว +18

      @@ManuEreve username checks out

  • @prvoke3833
    @prvoke3833 2 ปีที่แล้ว +155

    Mad respect for the dude with a camera waiting years to follow a fly around from one 'flower' to another

  • @SC-RGX7
    @SC-RGX7 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3352

    There was once a variation of the plant that grew at my place, and it bloomed in a matter of hours and the entire evening, the entire yard was smelling like an animal died. It was day we knew about the Rafflesia.

    • @angelicamartacahyaningtyas9083
      @angelicamartacahyaningtyas9083 2 ปีที่แล้ว +33

      Did you mean Amorphophallus or real Rafflesia?

    • @SC-RGX7
      @SC-RGX7 2 ปีที่แล้ว +241

      @@angelicamartacahyaningtyas9083 not the real one, but one that is similar to it. Same rotten blood colour and all

    • @ryuxo9535
      @ryuxo9535 2 ปีที่แล้ว +19

      Holup, how did the flower even get there?

    • @SC-RGX7
      @SC-RGX7 2 ปีที่แล้ว +249

      @@ryuxo9535 idk. My dad and I never knew what kind of plant it was when we say it sprout off the ground and decided to leave it there to see what it becomes. We learnt a good lesson with that one. The smell was HORRIFIC. You could easily smell it in a 20m radius from the flower. My dad had to use his respirator to get close to it without gagging and cut it.

    • @reece5457
      @reece5457 2 ปีที่แล้ว +436

      I thought i smelled one but im so glad it wasnt luckily it was just the dead corpse in the ground of my yard

  • @heleninglis9961
    @heleninglis9961 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2589

    Sir David Attenborough truly is a treasure to be appreciated by the world, nobody will ever compare!

    • @Goblexter
      @Goblexter 2 ปีที่แล้ว +30

      Indeed inspiring. He's clearly fully intent on doing his thing for as long as possible. And nature always has more for David to narrate :)

    • @AmidaNyorai48
      @AmidaNyorai48 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      😃

    • @mifo2000
      @mifo2000 2 ปีที่แล้ว +29

      He is great but his jobs easy compared to the guys getting that footage....

    • @stopstalkingyouspookybastard
      @stopstalkingyouspookybastard 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      i prefer sir lewis hamilton

    • @dankyjoker
      @dankyjoker 2 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      Him and his crew have polluted more places than any nature crew on the planet.

  • @matlew1960
    @matlew1960 2 ปีที่แล้ว +171

    Nature is mostly beautiful but sometimes disgusting but it's always fascinating..

  • @Supersamazing
    @Supersamazing 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2992

    Fun fact: instead of waiting five years for the flower to bloom you can use a leaf stone to make it evolve faster.

    • @hat4621
      @hat4621 2 ปีที่แล้ว +47

      @@rararazputin1708 no shit thats the joke bud! Better luck next time!

    • @diromiz
      @diromiz 2 ปีที่แล้ว +87

      Vileplume best boy

    • @yukowolfang8645
      @yukowolfang8645 2 ปีที่แล้ว +29

      Prepare for the wrath of the Vile-Pile!!

    • @Flip-a-dip-dip
      @Flip-a-dip-dip 2 ปีที่แล้ว +95

      Don’t use a sunstone tho. You’ll get an entirely different flower

    • @sanariyadilman1114
      @sanariyadilman1114 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      true

  • @poro9084
    @poro9084 2 ปีที่แล้ว +643

    the fact that these flowers are really rare, and dont flower all at same time.. it is freaking miracle that two meet at same time, also for people wondering why it tooks so much time to flower and for so short time - it is parasitic, so it takes some time to get resources, and most importantly, it tries to imitate dead animal - the stench to create, the special adaptations and most importantly - the heat costs a lot of energy

    • @machdude3366
      @machdude3366 2 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      Considering its nature, it's pretty reasonable as to how it was able to create such a niche for itself. The development of the scent specifically attracted the one animal that could work with it while warning other animals that might have eaten it away. The entire system to pollenate is kind of amazing because it's not hard to do. The real issue is how LONG it takes to reach the blooming stage because most plants don't really wait that long. The Corpse Flower has a long lifespan for a flower and can bloom multiple times, but the timing means it really isn't going to be reproducing at a good rate.

  • @pearlescent97
    @pearlescent97 2 ปีที่แล้ว +49

    THIS IS THE FLOWER THAT GREW ON YOUR ANIMAL CROSSING ISLAND WHEN YOU HAD 0 STARS

    • @a_little_demon
      @a_little_demon 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

      nope, it's the one you see grow in Wild World and City Folk. dunno for New Leaf, but in New Horizons it doesn't appear. and it's not when you had 0 stars, it was when you neglected your town.

    • @SCHU-c1p
      @SCHU-c1p หลายเดือนก่อน

      THANK YOU

  • @noobycreeperbruh4940
    @noobycreeperbruh4940 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1152

    when he announces the name... it sent chills down my spine... he's the only one that can narrate this kinda thing with the powerful effect they're going for.

    • @Id0N0tH4te
      @Id0N0tH4te 2 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      No he's not. The thing is, 99% of 'popular' music are made by 0.1% of all musicians. A lot of people can do what Dave does, he's just the household name.

    • @samueldavis5895
      @samueldavis5895 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Was going to like but it’s already at 187 likes I’ll leave it right there

    • @bradleymcdonald6273
      @bradleymcdonald6273 2 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      Might have to do with the HORROR MUSIC in the background

    • @VideoSaySo
      @VideoSaySo 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@bradleymcdonald6273 And the creaking noises as the flower bloomed lol

    • @bradleymcdonald6273
      @bradleymcdonald6273 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@VideoSaySo yeah hahaha... Takes 5 years... So that sound must be what it sounds like when compressed... It slowly creaks for 5 years 😂🤔

  • @TheHuYao
    @TheHuYao 2 ปีที่แล้ว +539

    I just want to point out that I already had the AMAZING experience of smelling this flower, the smell remained in my nose for days and I lost count of HOW MANY TIMES I almost vomit just by remembering how this stinks, literally reeks like death
    So If you ever are lucky enough to find one of these plants, never smell it, it's instant regret

    • @aptajirama6137
      @aptajirama6137 2 ปีที่แล้ว +91

      Sound's like a challenge..

    • @r3b3lvegan89
      @r3b3lvegan89 2 ปีที่แล้ว +23

      …yea, they’re definitely not warning you lol

    • @resurrectionkratos
      @resurrectionkratos 2 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      doesn't sound like luck

    • @costco_pizza
      @costco_pizza 2 ปีที่แล้ว +20

      And not to mention it is highly venomous. You must have been in the hospital for days.

    • @xJaaku
      @xJaaku ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Yeah it's terrible but this dude is just dramatic.

  • @notyou6674
    @notyou6674 ปีที่แล้ว +18

    i feel like the most credit should be given to whoever films and figures out how to film stuff like this, its absolutely insane how they can get footage like this.

  • @BobMotster
    @BobMotster 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5715

    How does one even manage to capture such footage is beyond me. The dedication, the patience, the determination... Astounding!
    EDIT: Well, the question was answered: th-cam.com/video/uIRJKT4WDtI/w-d-xo.html

    • @glenbe4026
      @glenbe4026 2 ปีที่แล้ว +251

      Anything small, like insects or small mammals like mice is staged. What do I mean by staged?;- For example David Attenborough did a documentary on insects & arthropods a couple years ago. The scorpions fighting each other were filmed on an artificial stage created purely for the shot. They threw male preying mantids at female ones until they finally got the shot of her eating her mate. This is not a secret, the behind the scenes video at the end of the documentary showed the process.

    • @frey439
      @frey439 2 ปีที่แล้ว +43

      @@glenbe4026 really, do u have any link for behind the scenes video? I always wondered what type of camera and software that they are using, i mean it looks good at zoming and even can fit into small hole and of course how they edit this.

    • @glenbe4026
      @glenbe4026 2 ปีที่แล้ว +41

      @@frey439 heres one link. There are other vidos around on youtube and dailymotion. th-cam.com/video/-9IvkXs_ISI/w-d-xo.html

    • @choruzvargas4009
      @choruzvargas4009 2 ปีที่แล้ว +30

      With a camera thank me later

    • @oDeoxys_
      @oDeoxys_ 2 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      @@choruzvargas4009 why you did nothing? lmao

  • @andreas2949
    @andreas2949 2 ปีที่แล้ว +821

    Sir David is 95 years old. I grew up with his spectacular nature documentaries. Learned so much about how the eco systems work with plants and animals on every continent. He dedicated his live for nature and science .Very professional camera crews and editing from the very start. A true living legend!

    • @safy96746
      @safy96746 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

      be Muslim

  • @animorte9790
    @animorte9790 2 ปีที่แล้ว +63

    Considering how many flies this thing must draw, being a meter across and apparently the smell of death. I'm sure those flies are steadily on the hunt for this, keeping them alive and reproducing for centuries.

  • @tonysmith7632
    @tonysmith7632 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1791

    These clips never fail to entertain and amaze and enlighten.

    • @teratoma.
      @teratoma. 2 ปีที่แล้ว +16

      shits edited like i should fear for my life fr

    • @danielstevens58
      @danielstevens58 2 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      @@teratoma. Time-lapse is amazing

    • @johnnyorozcojr9763
      @johnnyorozcojr9763 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I do very much agree with you about the consistent nature of the channel! Although I may not have been a subscriber until this moment, I digress hahaha!

    • @akiraotoishi5756
      @akiraotoishi5756 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Why does that flower produce animal sperm. Very sus

    • @tonysmith7632
      @tonysmith7632 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@teratoma. thanks for the lol

  • @HypatiaAmazing
    @HypatiaAmazing 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1347

    There’s a botanical garden in Berkeley, CA that houses many exotic plants, corps plant included. Every few years, folks there would publicize the impending bloom of this huge, stinky plant. People would visit there during that narrow window of bloom to experience and watch in person the truly awful, rotting smell of the corpse flower. 😄

    • @supersaiyanbino
      @supersaiyanbino 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      I work at the kaiser labs in berkeley, which garden is it?

    • @Comentarist1234
      @Comentarist1234 2 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      @@supersaiyanbino The one that's on the University of California

    • @HypatiaAmazing
      @HypatiaAmazing 2 ปีที่แล้ว +17

      @Super Saiyan Bino Yes, it’s the UC Berkeley Botanical Garden. As a UCB employee, you can visit the garden free of charge. It is located uphill from the Cal Stadium.
      I tried posting some links in reply earlier, but my responses just disappeared after some time. Hope this helps. Go Bears! 🐻

    • @AndTecks
      @AndTecks 2 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      like myself, such disgusting beauty.

    • @marykinuthia6067
      @marykinuthia6067 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      We have one in Washington DC. Beautiful plant 🪴.

  • @星空の下のペンギン
    @星空の下のペンギン ปีที่แล้ว +11

    世界最大の花、ラフレシア。
    開花前の蕾を見つけるのも大変な上、開花するとかなりの異臭がするらしいですね😢
    見つけて異臭の中を撮影し続けたカメラマンの方に、ただただ尊敬の一言です❗️
    素晴らしい映像を、ありがとうございました✨🙏✨

  • @Vaguer_Weevil
    @Vaguer_Weevil 2 ปีที่แล้ว +641

    These things have scared and baffled me since the time I saw one in my Animal Crossing town as a kid, they're cool but horrifying. I wasn't aware they had genders either, they're like a fine blend of plant, mammal, and eldrich horror.

    • @tillyelizabeth
      @tillyelizabeth 2 ปีที่แล้ว +38

      Same! I was super confused when I saw it playing AC as a kid and never actually realised it was a real thing until many years later. Weird but absolutely fascinating!

    • @leociresi4292
      @leociresi4292 2 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      We’re all doomed if it starts saying ‘ Feed Me!’🤣

    • @cearapearson8752
      @cearapearson8752 2 ปีที่แล้ว +29

      Omg that means my town in AC must've smelled like death while it bloomed 😅

    • @CJCroen1393
      @CJCroen1393 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      To me, they always looked like an open-mouthed face with no visible eyes, which creeped me out.

    • @williamb223
      @williamb223 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Don't forget about Pokemon Red(Gloom/Vileplume)

  • @kingjames4886
    @kingjames4886 2 ปีที่แล้ว +728

    it's a wonder these things even manage to exist... needing 5 years to grow then flowering for a single day and needing another to have grown for 5 years then flower on the same day...

    • @TheTriangle444
      @TheTriangle444 2 ปีที่แล้ว +81

      if you think of it their strategy is pretty effective... they grow in jungles where no one would absolutely bother about their stinking smell, and there are tons of insects around looking for that smell and make them carry pollen -- they live rent free

    • @thatoneguyRyan1
      @thatoneguyRyan1 2 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      @@TheTriangle444 how does evolution or mutation know to evolve or mutate in such a way. I can understand an animal but a plant. Plants must have thoughts then 🤔

    • @TheTriangle444
      @TheTriangle444 2 ปีที่แล้ว +41

      @@thatoneguyRyan1 well plants are living things too... you should be wondering how some plants turned into carnivores

    • @thatoneguyRyan1
      @thatoneguyRyan1 2 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      @@TheTriangle444 exactly. Same thing with those types of plants. The plant decided blood tastes better than photosynthesis 🤯

    • @TheRanguna
      @TheRanguna 2 ปีที่แล้ว +51

      @@thatoneguyRyan1 it doesn't know, it just tries a bunch of different things and the best ones are the ones that live longer. The other mutation just die because they are not as affective

  • @cybergothika6906
    @cybergothika6906 2 ปีที่แล้ว +15

    It doesn't just sounds or smells toxic, it truly looks trypophobia triggering kind of toxic.

    • @u4riahsc
      @u4riahsc 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

      If I came across one of these, I’d thing it was an alien from another planet.

    • @cybergothika6906
      @cybergothika6906 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@u4riahscNow imagine the worst of it like in here, but from another planet.

  • @jerryamescua
    @jerryamescua 2 ปีที่แล้ว +330

    I actually feel fear watching a short documentary about a flower. Well done to the sound crew or whoever edits the music

  • @rondanorris5504
    @rondanorris5504 2 ปีที่แล้ว +337

    My Pops told me about this flower about 45 years ago and I was amazed then, but, even MORE AMAZED at this video.
    Thank you 🏵️

    • @cocvillage5283
      @cocvillage5283 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Just how old are you ?

    • @groupie8985
      @groupie8985 2 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      @@cocvillage5283 you never ask a lady how old she is. mind ur own bis.

    • @blixtm.
      @blixtm. 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      @@groupie8985 shut up how old are you

    • @cocvillage5283
      @cocvillage5283 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @@groupie8985 you are not her . shame on you , you should mind your own business .

    • @Twist_Ligma
      @Twist_Ligma 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@cocvillage5283 coc troops

  • @Udkmeidkew
    @Udkmeidkew 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Had to say, the best BBC earth clip ever produced. amazing work.

  • @SupremeLeaderKimJong-un
    @SupremeLeaderKimJong-un 2 ปีที่แล้ว +639

    If Sir David Attenborough is willing to speak, then I'm willing to listen.

    • @SumadathanNitin
      @SumadathanNitin 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      So are we

    • @jamesmonroe3043
      @jamesmonroe3043 2 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      I heard this plant smells similar to Joe Biden when he pooped his pants while visiting the pope.

    • @randomness4259
      @randomness4259 2 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      Even the supreme leader acknowledges Sir David Attenborough

    • @stefevr
      @stefevr 2 ปีที่แล้ว +19

      @@jamesmonroe3043 Video about plant
      Some moron: HURRRR POLITICKS

    • @jamesmonroe3043
      @jamesmonroe3043 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@stefevr I guess a Mr. Poopypants reference is a touchy subject for some. I didn't intend to offend anyone. Oooops.

  • @DeLion_1612
    @DeLion_1612 2 ปีที่แล้ว +695

    The way Sir Attenborough is narrating this just feels so intense 👏👏👏

    • @Jsef0801
      @Jsef0801 2 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      The best

    • @chrisantyagussyl9048
      @chrisantyagussyl9048 2 ปีที่แล้ว +15

      @@jellyfishi_ and he's right

    • @eyobedw1
      @eyobedw1 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Sir?? was he knighted by the queen.

    • @DeLion_1612
      @DeLion_1612 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@eyobedw1 was that a question or a statement?

    • @wolf3755
      @wolf3755 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@eyobedw1 yes more than once. I think

  • @robinpetal6850
    @robinpetal6850 2 ปีที่แล้ว +21

    david is an amazing narrator he is the only person I know that can make learning actually interesting nobody can replace him

  • @shl24yw89
    @shl24yw89 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1111

    Kudos to the cameraman who waited 5 years for this flower to bloom!

    • @pernilla2962
      @pernilla2962 2 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      😆

    • @JunaidWolf3
      @JunaidWolf3 2 ปีที่แล้ว +43

      @@pernilla2962 he might be dead and just a skeleton but boy did he get some great footage

    • @jackraptor695
      @jackraptor695 2 ปีที่แล้ว +16

      The cameraman definitely need a raise

    • @edenlust1638
      @edenlust1638 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      LOL!

    • @hs6389
      @hs6389 2 ปีที่แล้ว +23

      @@jackraptor695 he was raised to heaven

  • @dr.ashvinchouhansendurance6568
    @dr.ashvinchouhansendurance6568 2 ปีที่แล้ว +350

    Ohh BBC crew..! How do you film a fly inside of a flower without disturbing anything..!! Genius

    • @TheRealHCTurk
      @TheRealHCTurk 2 ปีที่แล้ว +22

      Exactly. Unmatchable!

    • @purplerain2314
      @purplerain2314 2 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      I wondered this too, the talent to do this seems to be perfection of skill.

    • @faysalmullaire2263
      @faysalmullaire2263 2 ปีที่แล้ว +62

      Fly is the paying actors,.

    • @codename.ken-z
      @codename.ken-z 2 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      @@faysalmullaire2263 nonsense! The germ is the cameraman.

    • @faysalmullaire2263
      @faysalmullaire2263 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@codename.ken-z ha I knew it 😹

  • @jakebenrubi
    @jakebenrubi 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    never thought I'd be scared shitless by a flower.

  • @aminayusuf2491
    @aminayusuf2491 2 ปีที่แล้ว +401

    I grew up watching Sir David Attenborough on his Wild Life series. He is a legend.

    • @suzannedevreugd
      @suzannedevreugd 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Indeed a good exseple when the paridis paradisia birt is doing its mating cals he says sorry and verry well then . Im talking abount the bird of peridise (sorry foor the terrible english)

    • @yusaf2726
      @yusaf2726 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Nice name

  • @MsFey
    @MsFey 2 ปีที่แล้ว +224

    Never thought I’d say I’m scared of a flower

    • @p1ntu_
      @p1ntu_ 2 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      Its not that scary in person, don't worry

    • @wnmaisarah
      @wnmaisarah 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      have you heard of the pitcher plants

    • @p1ntu_
      @p1ntu_ 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@wnmaisarah I KNOW A PLANT THAT KNOW A PLANT THAT KNOW A PLANT THAT KNOW A PLANT THAT KNOW A PLANT THAT KNOW A PLANT THAT KNOW A PLANT THAT KNOW A PLANT THAT KNOW A PLANT THAT KNOW A PLANT THAT KNOW A PLANT THAT KNOW A PLANT THAT KNOW A PLANT THAT KNOW A PLANT THAT KNOW A PLANT THAT KNOW A PLANT THAT KNOW A PLANT

    • @widdlebrizzle6342
      @widdlebrizzle6342 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      its not that scary, when i was a child this flower bloomed unknowingly on my yard lol but for a very short time though

  • @Single.White.Female
    @Single.White.Female 2 ปีที่แล้ว +24

    5 years to bloom and 1 day to be pollinated 😭 it's so beautiful ❤️😍 I could see The Addams Family having this flower in their rose 🌹 garden.

  • @serenitobio
    @serenitobio 2 ปีที่แล้ว +307

    this flower once bloomed in the forest near my house 4 years ago, where this flower is a characteristic of my area and is often found here, sadly now it is getting rare and rarely found anymore.:(

    • @---pj1xz
      @---pj1xz 2 ปีที่แล้ว +15

      How's the smell?

    • @leociresi4292
      @leociresi4292 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Bart:” Ewww, Mom! The plant cut one!”

    • @ninethseptgaming4851
      @ninethseptgaming4851 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      where are you from ?

    • @mizgintusgul8089
      @mizgintusgul8089 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      How does the fly actually die?

    • @starfruitified3456
      @starfruitified3456 2 ปีที่แล้ว +19

      That's a good thing? Don't forget that these are parasitic plants.

  • @AethernityArts
    @AethernityArts 2 ปีที่แล้ว +322

    My guy had to:
    -Watch 2 flower buds grow
    -Smell the rotting scent of the flower
    -Put his camera and practically his hand inside the thing
    -Capture a video of a fly entering the inside of the male Raflesia plant
    -Follow the same fly to another Raflesia plant.
    Honestly, kudos to this guy and his dedication.

    • @pickletarts8196
      @pickletarts8196 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      i rate him _atTen/atTen_

    • @Criddy420
      @Criddy420 2 ปีที่แล้ว +15

      Nah mate its staged. How they gonna follow a fly? LOL

    • @Future_Pheonix
      @Future_Pheonix 2 ปีที่แล้ว +20

      According to comments here, most of these things are staged and shot in studios... Also, with the right equipment for micro shots like these you don't actually have to put the camera inside or that close.

    • @coffee5858
      @coffee5858 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      He prolly didn't follow the fly he probably sat at the female one and waited

    • @twinturbo9113
      @twinturbo9113 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Fly is a paid actor

  • @Sauropods_for_Jesus
    @Sauropods_for_Jesus 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Never witnessed the amount of patience and hope/faith needed by an organism, waiting for something to work.

  • @wuokmayangjanguan1591
    @wuokmayangjanguan1591 2 ปีที่แล้ว +59

    The way the video is narrated makes one pays full attention.

  • @Seanc74
    @Seanc74 2 ปีที่แล้ว +229

    Just like to say thankyou to the guys who built Triffid and then to those who filmed 🎥 for many many days to bring us this great film, every part was fantastic, also thanks to everyone who contributed....So appreciate it 😊

    • @Golden-Boy-
      @Golden-Boy- 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      yes he say 5 years fore the flower to open.... omg how long did they take to film this

    • @Seanc74
      @Seanc74 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@Golden-Boy- yes amazing!

  • @busybillyb33
    @busybillyb33 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Sir David Attenborough's most climactic word when anything has had sex: SUCCESS!

  • @max_mvo
    @max_mvo 2 ปีที่แล้ว +28

    Salute to fella who did the camera work. Being around that monster is challenge on it's own.

  • @onewontdo
    @onewontdo 2 ปีที่แล้ว +44

    This bloomed at a botanical garden in Vancouver Canada a couple of months ago and I saw it in person. IT STINKS.

  • @travelerforever8849
    @travelerforever8849 2 ปีที่แล้ว +17

    I am fortunate to saw one many years ago. It bloom beautifully. Located near the Kinabalu Mountain, I am fortunate to pass the area at the same day. Cannot resist to stop and observe one. Thats the only time I seen Raflessia. I never forget how magnificient it really look.

    • @raft2686
      @raft2686 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Anda perlu lihat di tempat asalnya agar bisa lebih poas

  • @laernulienlaernulienlaernu8953
    @laernulienlaernulienlaernu8953 2 ปีที่แล้ว +145

    It's insane how such a thing has evolved to be pollinated in such a unique way.

    • @sherzadhaji4239
      @sherzadhaji4239 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Insane? Well, for very all those so called scientists, professors and learned people it's not insane. Not even remarkable. They already have an answer (which they have never been and will never be able to understand or explain without lying or pretending) : Random mutations and natural selection through million of years. The thing is Do you believe them? If so, why ? Because you have to?

    • @laernulienlaernulienlaernu8953
      @laernulienlaernulienlaernu8953 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @@sherzadhaji4239 ok, so God made it! 😏

    • @Rubenz343
      @Rubenz343 2 ปีที่แล้ว +30

      ​@@sherzadhaji4239 Right, you're the one who's got it all figured out.

    • @sherzadhaji4239
      @sherzadhaji4239 2 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      @@Rubenz343 No, it's not me who figured it out. There are two kinds of people in this world. Those who believe that the sun (696,340 km radius & 147.15 million km far ) and the moon (1,737.4 km radius & 384,400 km far) have a perfect size match in a solar eclipse because of... cosmic coincidence...mother nature... luck ...
      And there are those who believe there is a creator. Neither side can give give a clear explanation without BELIEVING a story that's not easy to accept and understand. It's a matter of faith. People choose to believe in what they want to believe. I don't believe in "millions of years of random mutations"
      I don't believe a parasitic worm figured out how to live inside the antennas of a snail and control its mind to force it to climb a tree and stay there motionless until a bird comes and eats the snail and then that worm lays it's eggs inside that bird,and later the bird poops, another snail comes and eats from that poop, the eggs hatch and the larvae grow inside the new host snail... just because Mother Nature loves INSANE coincidences.

    • @hannahwalmer1124
      @hannahwalmer1124 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Yeah, almost like it was designed to do so..

  • @alexiscondit898
    @alexiscondit898 2 ปีที่แล้ว +23

    This is what inspired the pokemon Vileplume. As a kid I was so fascinated with these flowers, but I thought it was pronounced raw-fleshia.

    • @dillanferguson1620
      @dillanferguson1620 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

      I was looking for this comment😂

  • @hidorah3276
    @hidorah3276 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    i have a feeling the man narrating this is wearing blue robes and hat with a star pattern

  • @zenixkiryu
    @zenixkiryu 2 ปีที่แล้ว +67

    The filming quality, the explanation, staging, it's all amazing.

    • @ernsttrekiew198
      @ernsttrekiew198 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      I want to send one to my ex-wife.

  • @sirburst1728
    @sirburst1728 2 ปีที่แล้ว +136

    Turned this whole thing into a horror movie, so BRITISH!

    • @Shsjier
      @Shsjier 2 ปีที่แล้ว +15

      @@jellyfishi_ it's not like he's advocating for depopulation by means of genocide. He probably just wants people to have less kids etc. Calm down

    • @crypticcryptid4702
      @crypticcryptid4702 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@Shsjier People having less kids happens naturally once countries enter a certain stage of development anyway.

  • @eddiejimenez6098
    @eddiejimenez6098 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    the fact that it takes 5 years to bloom makes you appreciate this vid

  • @Kimi252
    @Kimi252 2 ปีที่แล้ว +56

    My grandma used to keep Raflesias in her garden. This was back when our village was just part of the Bornean jungle

    • @avarosetilly
      @avarosetilly 2 ปีที่แล้ว +27

      she used them to hide the smell of the actual bodies she buried back there

    • @Anon.279
      @Anon.279 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@avarosetilly lmao
      Thanks for the idea! /joke

    • @SCARED0FW0MAN3
      @SCARED0FW0MAN3 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Im from Brunei which part of Borneo did u live in?

    • @Kimi252
      @Kimi252 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@SCARED0FW0MAN3 sames

    • @SCARED0FW0MAN3
      @SCARED0FW0MAN3 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@Kimi252 jeez what a small world we live in, where did you used to live

  • @letsjustdirtbike
    @letsjustdirtbike 2 ปีที่แล้ว +135

    Ugh! I used to get these in Animal Crossing: Wild World when I wouldn’t weed or take care of my town. It was awful! They were ugly and nothing I did could get rid of it. Only weeding. Once the whole town was weeded, this thing would go away after a few days. Anyway, my point is that I had no idea that these things actually existed in real life. I thought it was just in the game. 😂 But dang! They are just as ugly as in the game. 😬

    • @jayy_t
      @jayy_t 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Do you play the updated version on the Nintendo switch now ?? They have these corpse flowers as decor but they’re actually pretty lol

    • @karishmajunga2900
      @karishmajunga2900 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@jayy_t wow really? how can you get them?

    • @jayy_t
      @jayy_t 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@karishmajunga2900 if you have online I can add you and send you it.

    • @kimmoehhh
      @kimmoehhh 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      I thought I'd be the only one thinking that.. 😂

    • @karishmajunga2900
      @karishmajunga2900 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@jayy_t tysm :) but im trying to play the game as honest as possible 💗

  • @sofia9127
    @sofia9127 2 ปีที่แล้ว +124

    Now I know why my Animal Crossing town keeps getting a terrible rating… at first I thought “oh the weeds and this flower don’t look too bad”. After watching this video… my perception of this flower is forever changed.

    • @Mrcoldy1988
      @Mrcoldy1988 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      omg...

    • @rrations
      @rrations 2 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      Had a vague memory of seeing this flower in my AC Wild World town, at the time I had no idea what it was!

    • @asabovesobelow7461
      @asabovesobelow7461 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      @@rrations Me too. Tried to dug at it, smash it with my net back then but none would do lol

    • @rrations
      @rrations 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      @@asabovesobelow7461 Pretty sure 9-year-old me did the exact same. Guessing we time travelled a lot and didn't clear up the weeds? Lol

    • @jasonblalock4429
      @jasonblalock4429 2 ปีที่แล้ว +18

      Yeah, in most Animal Crossing games Rafflesia only appears if your village is the absolute worst/dirtiest it can be. (Kind of the opposite of the Jacob's Ladder.) Because of that, it's actually one of the most rare items in the game.

  • @davidnagy5616
    @davidnagy5616 2 ปีที่แล้ว +85

    I cant imagine how a plant can evolve like this..

    • @GokuLevelKi
      @GokuLevelKi 2 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      Dude, I'm thinking the same thing

    • @lilyoyo77
      @lilyoyo77 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      It is not evolution it is creation

    • @zubinzuro
      @zubinzuro 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      This is known as Commensalism. Commensalism is a very common component of evolution and has been since the first eukaryotes.

    • @GokuLevelKi
      @GokuLevelKi 2 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      @@lilyoyo77 I used to believe in Santa Clause too.

    • @lilyoyo77
      @lilyoyo77 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@GokuLevelKi I used to believe that the universe came from nothing and that pokemon can happen in real life.

  • @C.h.a.o.s.1st
    @C.h.a.o.s.1st ปีที่แล้ว +19

    This flower is at southeast Asia, the flower is very big and it is endangered species. So those flowers have medicines, the flower is located at the central Sumatra in western Indonesia and remember what I say do not hunt the flowers for medicines or you get arrested

    • @kalang6621
      @kalang6621 ปีที่แล้ว

      Rafflesia also have in Malaysia

    • @C.h.a.o.s.1st
      @C.h.a.o.s.1st ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@kalang6621 l know, but very less flowers of this big flowers is not many in Malaysia

    • @I_Was_Joking_Man
      @I_Was_Joking_Man ปีที่แล้ว

      @@kalang6621 no malay doesnt have it .
      Cry more

  • @kimvogue8875
    @kimvogue8875 2 ปีที่แล้ว +67

    had the chance to see this magnificent flower before my eyes in my own country, Malaysia. It was not just the flower that captured my eyes, the surrounding where the flower bloomed at somehow brought more meaning to the experience.

    • @XavaAlbyz
      @XavaAlbyz 15 วันที่ผ่านมา

      This is endemic flower in Bengkulu, Indonesia

  • @peteryeung111
    @peteryeung111 2 ปีที่แล้ว +87

    The flower itself is incredible how it evolved into this form. However, the filming is beyond amazing!

    • @333puggles333
      @333puggles333 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      The balance between everything is so crazy to me. How this flower is a result of successful reproduction through tricking insects into thinking it's a dead animal corpse by producing a chemical that smells like one. That's so insane how many different types of strategies for success there are with living beings.

  • @digga7200
    @digga7200 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    The scarlet bloom flowers once more

  • @Obi-Wan_Kenobi
    @Obi-Wan_Kenobi 2 ปีที่แล้ว +12

    This Corpse Flower kind of looks like Anakin after we finished our duel.

  • @extrovertedsigma
    @extrovertedsigma 2 ปีที่แล้ว +16

    Here for David's voice. 😍😍

    • @amentia
      @amentia 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Most of us, I think 😌

  • @TheBrechbuehler
    @TheBrechbuehler 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    that thumbnail is pure demogorgon style.

  • @aleena3527
    @aleena3527 2 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    I like how they are talking about the color of a flower ominously that only stinks

  • @Skus0
    @Skus0 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Tbh I wasnt too disturbed until he mentioned that ITS A GODDAMN METER WIDE

  • @ranggakd
    @ranggakd ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Shout out to the cameramen who holds their breath the entire time filming this

  • @nateb.9947
    @nateb.9947 2 ปีที่แล้ว +19

    Took five years for Gloom to evolve into Vileplume… what a grind!

  • @healerofthewaters6508
    @healerofthewaters6508 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Me, an intellectual: Ah, a Gloom evolving into a Vileplume.

  • @sudhanshushekhar2411
    @sudhanshushekhar2411 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Cameraman actually tracked a fly when it goes from male to female. That's more intriguing.

  • @vanesaloveshogwarts9871
    @vanesaloveshogwarts9871 2 ปีที่แล้ว +16

    2:12 😂 his expression says everything

  • @izanagi21ify
    @izanagi21ify 2 ปีที่แล้ว +182

    I remember the first time I saw and smelled one two years ago on a mountain here in the Philippines. If you know the vile odor of a putrefying rat, that's exactly how it smells!

    • @Naallaa
      @Naallaa 2 ปีที่แล้ว +53

      Glad I don't know how both smell like

    • @pandooju
      @pandooju 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Damn, that’s terrible.

    • @Icetea-2000
      @Icetea-2000 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      I wonder why it smells like that

    • @numerum_bestia
      @numerum_bestia 2 ปีที่แล้ว +25

      @@Icetea-2000 The flowers smell the way that they do to attract carrion flys and other insects that usually are only attracted to rotting meat. The same flies and insects then crawl around in it and fly away to hopefully pollinate the female flower.
      I’m guessing this flower has continued to survive because it doesn’t have to compete with the abundance of sweet smelling flowers that are usually pollinated by bees and butterflies etc.

    • @Icetea-2000
      @Icetea-2000 2 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      @@numerum_bestia I wonder how it makes that smell though. Because if it’s only slightly different and exists for millions of years, eventually the flies would notice the difference genetically right? Although no, why would they, there is no natural selection here, it’s not carnivorous, it’s just pollination like any other flower.

  • @JaniceCarter-ws7lu
    @JaniceCarter-ws7lu 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Male or female flower that takes 5 to 10 years to bloom depending on the weather...🌺🌺
    The cameraman was blessed to capture this like we are blessed to see all of our brothers and sisters who are working on themselves bloom in due time... Reminiscing on when they first started doing what they have mastered and stinking up everywhere there's jealousy..Dont people folks look at you with disgust when you make it🤣like you stink when you're fresh to death🌺
    Minus the fly in this video God bless those of you who have become successful. You inspire so many to keep going🌺
    Power takes time🌺
    Thank you for this video
    I wish you and yours peace🌺

  • @AverytheCubanAmerican
    @AverytheCubanAmerican 2 ปีที่แล้ว +24

    I must say, GameFreak really upped themselves with these graphics. This forest and Vileplume look incredible
    and they got David Attenborough to narrate, this really is the best Pokémon game

  • @estrellatang7153
    @estrellatang7153 2 ปีที่แล้ว +27

    This flower is exactly what I would have a nightmare of being eaten by.

    • @rynaldycavdra8236
      @rynaldycavdra8236 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Until you know, this flower also using for ceritain ritual (mostly for herbal medicine or spritual medicine)

    • @rynaldycavdra8236
      @rynaldycavdra8236 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @EightFootSativa LOL😅

  • @humanbeing4841
    @humanbeing4841 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

    My mind is always blown by how these BBC photographers manage to get these amazing shots for these programs.

  • @SupremeLeaderKimJong-un
    @SupremeLeaderKimJong-un 2 ปีที่แล้ว +13

    The carrion fly carrying the pollen to the female Rafflesia:
    *You know, I'm something of a mailman myself*
    You could say the pollen was the fly's *_Carry-on_*

  • @ATR-pc3sz
    @ATR-pc3sz 2 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    I always am astonished of all that camera perspectives

  • @dehman6836
    @dehman6836 2 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    I'm more interested in how they managed to get such an outstanding footage of the flower than the flower itself

    • @deesott5123
      @deesott5123 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Jesus loves you and died for our sins amen beautiful day to serve the Lord Jesus

  • @Sahala.412
    @Sahala.412 2 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    Rafflesia Arnoldi. Only in Indonesia. The flower named after sir Stanford Raffles, a British and adventure who's found it in Sumatera.

    • @milimnava8462
      @milimnava8462 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Rafflesia (/rəˈfliːz(i)ə, -ˈfliːʒ(i)ə, ræ-/)[2] is a genus of parasitic flowering plants in the family Rafflesiaceae. The species have enormous flowers, the buds rising from the ground or directly from the lower stems of their host plants; one species has the largest flowers in the world. The genus contains approximately 28 species (including four incompletely characterized species as recognized in 1997 by Willem Meijer in the latest monograph on the genus), all found in Southeast Asia, mainly in Indonesia, Malaysia, Thailand and the Philippines. For Western Europe, it was first discovered by French surgeon and naturalist Louis Deschamps [fr] in Java between 1791 and 1794, but his notes and illustrations, seized by the British in 1803, were not available to western science until 1861.[3] The first British person to see one was Joseph Arnold in 1818, in the Indonesia rainforest in Bengkulu, Sumatra, after a Malay servant working for him discovered a flower and pointed it out to him.[4] It was later named after Stamford Raffles, the leader of the expedition.[citation needed]

  • @prateekdindorkar8513
    @prateekdindorkar8513 2 ปีที่แล้ว +45

    The videography team should be given some appreciation for this astounding film.🙌🏽

  • @BlackWing117
    @BlackWing117 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Maybe we should build a giant space ring. Just in case.

  • @Apocalypse-ff5ut
    @Apocalypse-ff5ut 2 ปีที่แล้ว +53

    Kudos to the cameraman who put his head in that flower just to get those shots.

    • @poulomi__hari
      @poulomi__hari 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      It is probably a spy camera. Its like a drone, that doesn't fly. The cameraman just controls it from afar.

    • @johncarlofernandez2698
      @johncarlofernandez2698 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Definitely. enduring the stench of that flower is no joke

    • @marblesoda._.
      @marblesoda._. 2 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      @@poulomi__hari you missed the joke

    • @LKH9Channel
      @LKH9Channel 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@poulomi__hari you missed the humour lol

    • @AwesomeYena
      @AwesomeYena 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@LKH9Channel *Humor
      You gotta speak American here

  • @RH-iy6vq
    @RH-iy6vq 2 ปีที่แล้ว +53

    Could you imagine giving someone one of those as a gift?

    • @nellieltuodelschwanck736
      @nellieltuodelschwanck736 2 ปีที่แล้ว +20

      That’ll show them you really feel 🤣

    • @greenderp
      @greenderp 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      lol, that would be a total flex XD

    • @novemberalpha6023
      @novemberalpha6023 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      "Your honor, I just sent her a flower.... I thought she likes flower."

    • @MichaelTapel
      @MichaelTapel 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      I gave it to my gf, now she's my ex

    • @oDeoxys_
      @oDeoxys_ 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      dumbest fucking comment here, congrats.

  • @juanfernandes5148
    @juanfernandes5148 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Touch this flower:
    **SCARLET ROT**

  • @ivanaguilar7196
    @ivanaguilar7196 2 ปีที่แล้ว +50

    Pretty cool flower, doesn't look like it's from here. Can't even begin to imagine the kind of stuff that grows on other planets.

  • @IKEMENOsakaman
    @IKEMENOsakaman 2 ปีที่แล้ว +70

    When I was a kid, I went to Malaysia to see this flower. But the guide said it died five days ago. I thought, "Oh well, I'll come back when I'm an adult". Two years ago, my fiancee and I were planning our trip to Malaysia to see this flower. But covid happened. I thought, "Oh well, the time will come. Maybe when I retire?". I wonder what's gonna happen the third time.

    • @theotheseaeagle
      @theotheseaeagle 2 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      You went all the way to Malaysia just to see a plant? Damn

    • @nduwingoma
      @nduwingoma 2 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      @Nikhil S With your explanation, no one would ever understand.

    • @SpiritualBabe101
      @SpiritualBabe101 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Wow! I believe you will get this checked off your list 😊

    • @II-cp9dt
      @II-cp9dt 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Счастливые внуки 😊

    • @WildPrimate
      @WildPrimate 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      @@nduwingoma Its one in a life time experience to witnessing a corpse flower blooming. It is so rare in nature and hard to find. only a lucky one can see it.

  • @AuroraMeansDawn27
    @AuroraMeansDawn27 23 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Fancy mother nature thinking "you know what earth needs?! Lol

  • @Dearon_
    @Dearon_ 2 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    Props to the camera man for standing there for 5 years straight!

  • @SuSZIlla
    @SuSZIlla 2 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    These are the crazy mysteries of are wonderful Planet Earth 🌎

  • @Hopesedge
    @Hopesedge 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    So this is how the scarlet rot spread in Calid

  • @mihaelaclaudiap..2
    @mihaelaclaudiap..2 2 ปีที่แล้ว +45

    I am always fascinated by nature! xx

  • @X-Gen-001
    @X-Gen-001 2 ปีที่แล้ว +33

    Fascinating. I love strange flora. The more unusual and alien-like, the better.

    • @Zen-751
      @Zen-751 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      strange flora, insects and fish. Also the deep of the ocean is all fun to learn about

    • @X-Gen-001
      @X-Gen-001 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@Zen-751 I totally agree. We've explored local space more than our own oceans.

    • @fairy_queen85
      @fairy_queen85 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Same feelings here, I've also always been intrigued by strange organisms. ✨

  • @Table484
    @Table484 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Nah this thing came straight outta Caelid

  • @siyam7401
    @siyam7401 2 ปีที่แล้ว +18

    Hats of to the videography team! Amazing of you to capture every second of life!

  • @satrickptar6265
    @satrickptar6265 2 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    You can literally bury a body beneath a raflesha flower, and they will never suspect the rotting smell.

  • @Divyesh44
    @Divyesh44 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    5 years to bloom and only 1 day to pollinate. thats a corpse flower !!!!

  • @Caerulis
    @Caerulis 2 ปีที่แล้ว +58

    This is freaking fascinating. Kind of reminds me of the plant on Venusaur's back, I wonder if it is.

    • @equaleyez
      @equaleyez 2 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      Nearly 20 years since Pokémon last interested me, but I looked it up. On the first edition card, it reads: "This plant blooms when it is absorbing solar energy. It stays on the move to seek sunlight". This explains his Solarbeam attack. No direct link with a corpse flower.

    • @Caerulis
      @Caerulis 2 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      @@equaleyez interesting. The cards won’t exactly tell much about real life plant species. Anyways I decided to search it up: “The flower on its back resembles the Rafflesia Arnoldii, a species of flowering plant in the parasitic genus Rafflesia” (so yes)

    • @Dansfp
      @Dansfp 2 ปีที่แล้ว +19

      It Looks more like a vileplume tbh

    • @ilikebreadandcheese1136
      @ilikebreadandcheese1136 2 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      I was thinking more along the lines of the flower on top of a vileplumes head

    • @rafaelasignor9039
      @rafaelasignor9039 2 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      Actually, it is Vileplume's flower. His name in Japanese is literally ラフレシア(Rafflesia)

  • @creedbratton4950
    @creedbratton4950 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    This flower is more terrifying to me than most horror movies these days