The Weirdest Parasite on Earth

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Narrator: Stephanie Sammann
Writer: Lorraine Boissoneault
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Illustrator: Elfy Chiang (www.elfylandstudios.com/)
Illustrator/Animator: Kirtan Patel (kpatart.com/illustrations)
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Producer: Brian McManus ( / realengineering )
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[@rirururu4697]

I learned about these flowers in animal crossing. If you neglect your town long enough then these things start growing and making its own ecosystem.

[@guide9547]

thats how i learned them too pretty weird they added that to game

[@GreyGooseBurberry]

🤣🤣 That’s crazy! Ironically, I haven’t played my Animal Crossing app in years. Guess I should see how the town looks lately! I could use some more Nintendo coins, anyways! 🌺

[@inrevenant]

Oh wow, which animal crossing?

[@chimeraproject9481]

Me: *chaos trigger itching* Me: "well I need whatever console that game runs on, play it, leave to village unattended and bask in the raflesia chaos*

[@chattycatty3336]

@@inrevenant i think it was new leaf but i could be wrong

[@countchocula1250]

imagine deciding that photosynthesis isn't useful 💀

[@alexthetiger7806]

So this must be the flower that the Pokemon Vileplume is based on. It's always fascinating to see the real world connections.

[@timothyvanhoeck233]

It is. Likewise Victreebel is based on the Pitcher Plant.

[@trevorswims5754]

Not to mention venusaur, who's flower is also based on the rafflesia flower.

[@timothyvanhoeck233]

@@trevorswims5754 Hmm...not quite. While it is similar, the key thing which prevents Venusaur's flower from being a rafflesia is the leaves surrounding it. Rafflesia doesn't have leaves because it is parasytic rather than photosynthetic. I would say Venusaur's is probably more akin to some species of passiflora or another tropical flowering plant species, though I'd need to look into it to be certain.

[@trevorswims5754]

@@timothyvanhoeck233 Oh yeah, that does make sense, but even though the its flower may not be parasitic, I still like to believe that venusaurs flower is at least half or somewhat based on the rafflesia flower. You made a great point though.

[@doragonsureia7288]

@@trevorswims5754 I think venusaur is just a bullfrog, that planted some plants on his back so that a Rafflesia can infest the plants and attract tasty flies for the bullfrog. In the first episode of "The insane biology of Pokémon"!

[@Darkflowerchyld718]

There's a preserved Rafflesia on display at the American Museum of Natural History in Manhattan that never ceases to amaze me. I'm a small statured woman and this flower is more than half my size. I've always appreciated the fact that it's no longer smelly though I have always wondered how bad it truly smells.

[@dankachilles9356]

Man I LOVE that museum ❤️. Sadly it's been over two decades since I've visited. I need to go again next year.

[@spidaman0112]

​@@dankachilles9356 it's now next year, have fun

[@ikizul3871]

It smells really bad,like rotten meat,like corpse. It smells that bad to attract insect to come inside. You can come here,Bogor,Indonesia to smell that flower. The ticket is cheap,it is not more than 2 dollars. But,the ticket for aeroplane is expensive😅

[@stevethea5250]

u cute-sized

[@fancyincubus]

It's like opening a bottle of rotten milk and opening a room with a highly decomposed body in it at the same time

[@james4thedoctor482]

Thank you for this information about Vileplume!

[@ceymiss1]

This comment is way too down. Definitely the first thing I thought of too. 😂

[@Jerrowashere]

And Venusaur

[@angelicaph483]

I see what you did there😂

[@NinjutsuSeeker]

Im.surprised this isn't a top.comment. I couldn't help but think of vileplum the entire video

[@james4thedoctor482]

@@NinjutsuSeeker I've never gotten more than like 7 likes and 1 comment, so to me this feels like a top comment! lol

[@fancifuldreamer6360]

Depending on the temperature reached by thermogenesis, another possible reason for it might be to further mimic decaying carcasses, which produce some heat as they decompose.

[@gaburieruR]

The most probable, and to strengthen and spread the odour too!

[@donbrashsux]

I saw these flowers up near Mt Kinabalu in Borneo its diameter measured around 700 mm and yes it did smell .. Borneo is full of amazing weird things and it’s one of my favorite countries to travel through

[@ChuinYih]

Borneo is the name of the island, which consists of states from 3 different countries. Mt Kinabalu is in Sabah which is a state of Malaysia, but I'm sure Kalimantan and Brunei are great places to visit too.

[@pyropulseIXXI]

is that 700 mm 1 sig fig, 2 sig figs, or 3 sig figs?? Should've went with 0.700 m if it is 3 sig fits, otherwise I could be thinking you only know this thing to within +- 100 mm

[@filipdrucker4990]

@@pyropulseIXXI most likely the latter.

[@donbrashsux]

@@pyropulseIXXI it’s 700mm on my builders rule

[@pyropulseIXXI]

@@donbrashsux So that means 0.700 m?

[@Cursivealpha]

Always cool to see what inspired certain pokemon. *A wild Vileplume appeared*

[@dannyU2g]

Damn, props to the dudes who found it for not burning the whole forest down after lol

[@kiyull_p]

We have these growing in our backyard back then. my grandpa cut them off, it never grew back after a few times cutting the flower. It's sure is magnificent seeing it up close.

[@AdminAbuse]

Had*

[@123Jim91]

​@@AdminAbuseOnly losers do what you just did tbh

[@MrChrisshoe]

Woah, where did you grow up?!

[@sulaymanfaghirzadah8680]

I learned about this flower on a school trip, you could press a button to smell it, and i had that smell stuck in my body and lungs for an entire hour. The smell and size were the only two/2 things i knew about this flower.

[@terezaherrmannova8354]

What a brilliant video. I'm not as much into botany as zoology but this was super interesting. I have never heard about stinky flowers.

[@alfianmelodic]

Actually first time i've seen this flower it is on junior high school backyard. 😂 Greetings from Indonesia.

[@dudesayshi2191]

VILEPLUME VILPLUME if you know you know

[@Mewmero]

@@dudesayshi2191 Vileplume is rafflesia

[@dudesayshi2191]

@@Mewmero DING DING DING YOU ARE CORRECT DEAR SIR

[@spit_soup]

me too. im so obsessed with zoology but stuff like these flowers are why i also enjoy botany. biology in general is awesome

[@LoveHandle4890]

They don’t call it “The Corpse Flower”, for no reason now.🌹

[@jschouten1985]

For me, this is one of the best voice-overs on KZbin!!

[@nektu5435]

It looks like a flower you'd find in an old 16 bit side-scrolling platformer video game from the early 90s. 🌺☄️🚶🏻‍♂️🌸📺🎮

[@FireFog44]

I don't know if this counts, but rafflesia is the inspiration behind the Pokemon Vileplume.

[@goaway1148]

That was a lot of emojis

[@mooodeang]

I've seen these in Borneo, and yes, they smell bad, but it's absolutely nothing compared to Swedish surströmming(fermented herring), unrelated but I was walking on the beach the other day and came across a semi decomposed seal, even that was nothing compared to the Surströmming.

[@elisabethbjuhr1318]

But still, it is so tasty. Surströmming, I mean. Never tasted the flower. .

[@mooodeang]

@@elisabethbjuhr1318 I think its overrated, its just tastes salty and fishy. Its not really anything special.

[@elisabethbjuhr1318]

@@mooodeang The first surströmmingsklämma in the autumn is amazing, but then I'm pretty much fine 'till the next year. It may just be the total experience.

[@atrudokht]

How about durian? We southeastasians really adore this king of fruit while foreigners hate it so much due to the strong aroma.

[@90enemies]

​@@atrudokht Durian smells sweet atleast to us South East Asian ig, the smell he's trying to describe is more like the smell of trash bins but 10x more intense as it stings your nose.

[@RonakDhakan]

Humans can do some amazing things. But when they cannot figure out a flower, I would say it is because of its smell that no one wants to investigate it.

[@RockinRhinox]

Fun fact, the Pokemon Vileplume is based on this flower.

[@ruthhopeful1405]

Interesting, maybe the role of this plant is, like so many limiting factors in nature, to control the population of insects by eliminating their larva

[@zakirehman9023]

oh, that could be

[@StevenSkoczen]

"Role" feels like it implies purpose. There was a niche in the ecosystem, it figured it out, it eats the larvae to live. Everything nature is just trying to eat and reproduce. This plant is no different. :)

[@ishrendon6435]

@@StevenSkoczen well no offense that is a purpose most organisms have

[@ishrendon6435]

@@StevenSkoczen if we want to play word games like mant do ok but it is a purpose many organisms have. To survive and reproduce

[@atrudokht]

Only tropical countries such as Indonesia, Malaysia and Brazil who got this rich and abundant biodiversities.

[@geoffrygifari3377]

some things i note: 1. is rafflesia the same kind of flower like in other flowering plants? or is it just an organ that mimics the shape of a flower 2. Interesting that some flowers smell nice, and others smell terrible, but seemingly for the same purpose 3. How is it possible that horizontal gene transfer happen in macroscopic eukaryote? does rafflesia has a similar cellular machinery to bacteria to accomplish this? 5. Where is rafflesia in the evolutionary tree? i imagine a plant as weird as this might be evolutionarily isolated and have only few relatives (like the case of platypus and its relatives for mammals) 6. How can rafflesia be so difficult to cultivate outside their natural habitat, while we can do that with titanarum?

[@kiangandhi4048]

The only thing I noted is that you missed number 4. 😄

[@angelicamartacahyaningtyas9083]

6. Rafflesia is parasitic, only grow from seeds, and need very very specific host. It is stated in video that it's still unclear how the seeds germinates. While titanarum not only grow from seed, it also produces tuber that is easy peasy to grow like growing a potato (some titanarum relatives are well known as food source in SE Asia). Digging a full grown tuber for replanting usually doesn't harm the plant. It does hibernate out of the ground, you can plant it months later and it grows like nothing happen.

[@tomkleist1815]

(Answering as a botanist but not an expert specifically on Rafflesia) 1. It is a real flower, not just a look-alike organ. 2. Yes, just all depends on the type of pollinator the plant has adapted to attract. 3. No, it does not appear that horizontal gene transfer works the same way in plants as in bacteria (though a bit tricky to simplify and some aspects are the same). Parasitic plants seem to have a proclivity towards it, so we might posit that it has something to do with the host-parasite relationship, 5. Rafflesia is a a eudicot in the Rosids. Holoparasitism has evolved several times in flowering plants. 6. It can be notoriously difficult to establish obligate symbioses (whether mutualistic or parasitic) in cultivation...

[@kaylakennedy4835]

​@@tomkleist1815amazing thank you for the detailed explanation

[@thenightscythe2030]

Well... Learning that they are Parasitic, makes Vileplume from Pokémon even more interesting

[@souffle420]

I remember a video about an Indonesian that *grow* this flower in his backyard. This plant is a parasite of a certain vine, so all he did was _implanting_ the whatever-it's-called (bulb?) on a mature vine, then watch them bloom on his backyard. The vine need big tree to climb, so to plant this Rafflesia, you will need (i) the bulb of Rafflesia, (ii) the vine as its host plant, (iii) big tree for its host plant to climb on, and (iv) humid environment. I remember his backyard was quite shaded, with rich black humus and puddles everywhere. The host plant (vine) itself was about 10cm in diameter. I just Googled it. Seems like the host plant is from genus Tetrasigma, a type of tropical wild grape.

[@bodjiedelgado1377]

It can also grow in string beans vines. It smells like decaying rat. We have a lot of that here.

[@parry3439]

why in god's green earth would anyone grow a flower that smells like death in their backyard

[@MadcatMashupMayhem]

@@parry3439 It does do wonders warding off unwanted neighbor kids messing in your backyard AND scaring off more superstitious ones

[@adityarahmanda]

​@@parry3439 Because the flower is kinda rare right now. There are lot of this flower (titan arum / rafflesia) back in the days and people usually get rid of it because of its smells.

[@souffle420]

​@@parry3439first, because it looks absolutely stunning. Second, because it's rare, meaning you're helping with the conservation by raising one. Third, because… honestly, for those who love gardening, this kind of smell is no big deal. It smells like your usual day on composting area.

[@sock756]

This is extraordinarily cool, thanks for exploring something I don't get to see very often in such detail. Love to see it.

[@birkinsmith88]

I opened a can of surstroming in my garden to eat once and i swear to god, the amount of greenbottles that turned up within the first minuet.... It was unholy. I can see why a plant would use stink to reproduce

[@FlamingBasketballClub]

This channel has come a long way since it's humble beginnings in early October 2019. Almost at 1 million subscribers.

[@dubstrippin]

Are you a robot ?

[@FlamingBasketballClub]

@@dubstrippin Not I'm not a robot. Dunno why you'd ask such a stupid question mate.

[@Phoenix56801]

@@FlamingBasketballClub it's not a stupid question, bots are known for posting stuff like this to get likes and subscribers

[@FlamingBasketballClub]

@@Phoenix56801 So are humans. It's the comment section of KZbin. L response bruh.

[@martyparty2003]

@@FlamingBasketballClub I don’t think you needed to respond so harshly

[@NoobieCrossOver]

Love waking up and seeing a new vid from this channel, keep it up🔥🙏🏼

[@amarug]

Yesterday I walked through a fishing dock in equatorial Africa. The smell there pretty sure trumps this flower. It fits the description but add "decaying fish and fermenting feces" to it. I am not easily bothered by smells, but I had to fight the urge to vomit all the time.

[@jasobobo]

Such a good channel, only down side is I gotta prepare before watching because I’m trying to learn

[@khem6up]

Can’t fool me, That’s a vileplume.

[@RicardoVanHouten]

i have learned about this plant on BBC with David Attenborough the plant also leaves a small drup of their pollen on the flies so the plant can reproduce!

[@strikermodel]

5:17 Let me tell you, staph is a very serious infection. I have a staph folliculitus infection that is resistant to antibiotics. I've been on various antibiotics for a year now. I've been seeing an infections disease specialist for about half that time. My skin, going from my feet up to my knees, is covered in painful, itchy, bleeding sores that do not heal. They'll form scabs, but the skin under those scabs won't recover. I've had some of these scabs for over a month, and when I accidently scrath them off, it bleeds as if it were a fresh wound. I haven't been able to work because sweating causes my condition to worsen. At first I was able to do non-physical jobs for a short time, but now my arms are starting to break out too. My sores are contact spread on people and surfaces, so I can't work most jobs at all. Make sure to cover your wounds carefully and shower a minimum of once each other day. If you are worried about something on your skin, go see a dermatologist. It's worth the ~80$ to avoid being in a state like mine. Remember, preemptive care is always more effective than reactive care.

[@nikola12nis]

Ive had staph infection in my nose. A year of antibiotics did nothing. Got rid of it by accidentally hearing the pharmacy lady talking about some medicine used for animals. Bought it, put some of it inside my nose cavity for 2 weeks, tested negative some 2 weeks later. 10/10 would selfmedicate again!

[@absoutezeo2126]

Thank you for sharing this.

[@reahtoni8069]

hi have you ever heard of Cuga it’s a fungus thingy that grows near mountain terrain. anyways it’s brown and looks rocky like not smooth and it heals from the inside so by drinking it. that may help aide in the right healing that your leg needs. also talk to your leg let it knw that u need it to walk.

[@reahtoni8069]

chugga if spelled correctly

[@MKRex]

It's the accent and cadence for me. I could listen to her for hours. Just exquisite.

[@potetong12]

One was found at a mountain within our city here in the Philippines by hikers a few years back and it said that more would bloom in a few months time since it's already in the state of decay when they found it, they also found a few montior lizards surrounding the area since they were also attracted to decay

[@Davethreshold]

That was another video that keeps me in AWE about the millions of species we have that evolve so differently. Anyway, you could look into Halyomorpha Halys. The Brown marmorated stink bug. They are the size of a fat dime, but when one lets loose near you, you have to take a shower afterward! And the smell, I would describe as moldy dirt. I much prefer skunk! 🤡❤

[@spiraldown2710]

My cat played with one of these, and after smacking it and licking her paw, she began jumping and jaw smacking. Quite upsetting, til I found out it wasn’t toxic, then I chuckled. The bug was unharmed as well

[@amandaturner9903]

I saw a preserved one of these flowers in the Kyoto Botanical Gardens. Really cool to see this after seeing the preserved flower in person. Amazing!

[@connors3647]

The way these flowers look creep me out so badly and i cant even explain why

[@aste4949]

Plant Man (from Mega Man), Vileplume, and possibly but probably not Venusaur are inspired by rafflesia. Such an interesting yet disturbing flower!

[@stinky2202]

That Google search in the end was hilarious. 11:37

[@davidtitanium22]

i was just thinking this exact question a few months back, why the two largest flowers both happens to smell like corpses, like i know it's to attract carrion flies to pollinate but WHY? is there a particular benefit to the combination of large size and pollination by insects specifically targeting corpses?

[@alecicruz388]

flies might be the only available pollinators in its habitat?

[@humanitychangers3846]

Thanks for your videos I really look up for every new video you upload

[@rajaramacharya2424]

Your Voiceover is just so good!

[@harukrentz435]

Southeast asia is pretty unique, here you have plants that obviously dont want to be eaten/consumed and reproduced like Durian and this rafflesia flower.

[@ClaustroPasta]

If durian don't want to be eaten then they gotta stop being so sweet!

[@thomasdickson35]

I am so thankful the British have always been there to discover everything we, as a collective species, are aware of.

[@alecicruz388]

i guess its one of the very few positive things to come out of colonialism hahahaha

[@grandestcorsair3938]

This is one of those things I would love to see first hand but wouldn't want to get close to.

[@geoffrygifari3377]

and can you possible make a video on coelacanth and other "living fossils" in the future? thanks!

[@joshuapatrick682]

maybe it's more apt to say, how did evolution as we understand it create this flower? when it comes to the long time scales of evolutionary biology and extra species evolution, what forebear successfully went down the line of chemicals that would achieve the desired affect and how could evolution have occurred if it didn't at once possess them to attract it's pollinator? what how did it reproduce while transitioning and why did the transition continue if it was successful before doing so (which it's current iteration implies had to occur otherwise it wouldn't have survived long enough to propagate enough generations to nail down the chemical synthesis necessary to produce it's "alluring odor")?

[@wafflexboy]

Markie Marks lmaoo that's why i love this channel

[@ohheylads]

I've known about this flower ever since i was a kid so i never really paid much attention to it. But damn it's a lot more interesting than i thought

[@ViagaraXVodka]

Makes you wonder what ancient flora looked like when there was more oxygen in the atmosphere. Could imagine giant smelly parasitic or even carnivorous plants.

[@flavioxy]

Hi Real Science. I'd love to see a documentary on Welwitschia, an equally weird plant :)

[@SgtMars]

“Vileplume's toxic pollen triggers atrocious allergy attacks. That's why it is advisable never to approach any attractive flowers in a jungle, however pretty they may be.” OmegaRuby ‘dex Description. ❤ 🌺

[@antonio460]

0:03 Instantly started thinking of the mother of my child 💀

[@ParvaChauhan]

Having lunch while watching this wasn't my best idea in retrospect.

[@j121212100]

Love these videos but wish they were double the length.

[@theslayer9169]

The forbidden salami

[@KingKuda420]

All this talk of stinky flowers makes me want to roll one up 🔥

[@luciennelucke2319]

there is a rafflesia in the tropical house of the Schönbrunn Zoo in Vienna, Austria

[@frankfielder]

Excellent research. I learned a lot about this very interesting plant.

[@MrSatnavatron]

Jungle people : its a herbal medicine ! Everyone else : sure pal ! Modern science : Yeah its antibacterial and works against resistant bacteria everyone else : wipes tears with toilet paper

[@Talkshowhost23]

Forbidden salami

[@dominikseitz]

Your Videos are amazing but where do get all this specific video footage? Would be awesome to know 😇

[@muffinman3052]

The title is what I be asking myself after failing to blow all the smoke out the window on a fat bong rip

[@fajaradi1223]

No, don't do that. Inhale them all. Why would you wasting most of the good stuffs?

[@oldmandoinghighkicksonlyin1368]

Staring into that plant reminds me what my toilet often looks like.

[@phoenix5054]

So why is Rafflesia considered a plant instead of a fungi?

[@stibis5713]

because they call it a flower.

[@yourbuddyben4854]

Because it evolved from plants so it is related to plants and did not evolve from fungus so it is not related to fungus. Convergent evolution filling an ecological niche as other parasitic/decomposing organism do. Also other than that. It still has a flower, fruit, seeds, breaths in carbon dioxide and exhales oxygen. While fungus breaths in oxygen and exhale carbon dioxide.

[@oddpotato4038]

@@yourbuddyben4854 kinda like crabs. Multiple animals have evolved in to a crab like form multiple times before in earth's history even though those animals aren't related.

[@BruceVial]

Fungi use spores to reproduce, plants use pollen. It’s a plant

[@morkovija]

video length - chef's kiss ;)

[@mmellowest]

I'll never forget hiking In Malaysia at 9 years old and Stumbling upon one. Stunning and, indeed, stinky

[@socratesii91]

Yos should put the biggest flower in the world, not the weirdest parasite.

[@nathan34914]

I'm just imagining the Rafflesia plant watching this and getting all excited about somebody talking about it. Then all of a sudden "why does it smell so bad" "One of the smelliest plants of all time" "still smells real bad" "stinky" "smells like rotten beef" Then the plant going aww 😭.

[@gefginn3699]

Great post my friend. Very interesting species.

[@robinator678]

Can't wait until this channel covers Hippos! They're the stuff of interest and nightmare!

[@fancyincubus]

"The shivering isles are lovely this time of year"

[@tadcotadco6344]

extraordinary text rare in internet. Highly professional and interesting simultaneously

[@mrs_faragonda]

i was on the island of Borneo when i was a kid. Remember the smell of this horrible but wow-looking flower, and it was so huge

[@CMZneu]

10:01 Those are termites not ants.

[@TingleTom]

Thank you for these very high quality and interesting videos.

[@tridgab677]

if you help the plant shower or bath it probably won't stink as much. Imagine staying outdoors in the sun with no shower or bath, that will make you smell pretty bad

[@ProbablyJacob]

Vileplume really living up to its name

[@iso-didact789]

This is what inspired those giant flowers in Kraid's lair in Super Metroid and the Nettori fight in Metroid Fusion.

[@zaecarter5344]

There’s was one when I was a child at UNC Charlotte in North Carolina

[@ClipsNSnips]

I saw some of these for the first time here in Malaysian Borneo 😊 The ones I saw, at least, didn't smell so bad unless you got pretty close to them

[@jabbawookeez01]

now... this is something we found.. imagine places in rainforests we havent seen yet.

[@hamstersmash]

Can you do a video on the progress some scientists have made with interacting with apes

[@katebretusch3752]

Would be great

[@sharjilamjad6001]

That thing in the thumbnail is chilling on my animal crossing map

[@ariankhan8371]

Love this channel

[@vlweb3d]

Brother ... bring the Flamer ... THE HEAVY FLAMER !!! Exterminatus.

[@colejohnston2081]

Very well done!

[@louisgreen3071]

Could it be that Rafflesia is carnivorous and eats the fly larvae?

[@offdickson3062]

Thanks for the info.i never seen or heard of this flower.❤

[@joeblankenship377]

I've been wondering about those things. I've seen pictures but didn't know what they were called. Almost looks like alien plant life.

[@Guusagi]

these guys grow in animal crossing wild world, if you leave your village for a very long time and don't clean any weeds or trash, looks scary and the only time it goes away is if you clean up everything

[@jackdaniels5071]

SO THAT'S WHAT THAT IS

[@thereallocke8065]

So this is the inspiration for the Vileplume pokemon

[@stefan_popp]

10:02: Those aren't ants, they are termites.

[@echo-channel77]

Some things that grow and live on this planet seemed like they hitched a ride on a UFO from another world. This flower, the octopus and it's otherworldly DNA....

[@bearpatrick9112]

Almost impossible is a good way to put it, I'm sure some places like edenproject could do it, they have managed to grow corpse plant enough times over the years

[@gaylecheung3087]

Because it does! Maybe a mushroom? Have the mycelium underneath the area circumference research..

[@avada0]

7:10 Wasp hunts down fly. Nice.

[@simarkarmani4034]

7:19 So Rafflesia is a parasite of both vines AND flies? Interesting.

[@andrew6089]

now it is time to bake some flowers stou

[@geoffrygifari3377]

wow.... where do you get these video ideas?

[@user-ff7nw6kn9j]

Alternative title: Why does the flower smile like an anime convention?