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They smell as they do to attract the flies that pollinate them.
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What flowers smell bad?
Carrion flowers, like Raffelsia, which attarct flies for pollination are examples of flower that smell bad
Do carrion flowers rot?
I do not believe they do. However they make a rotting smell.
Why do flowers smell like rotten meat?
That they need to attract pollinating beetles or flieswith this particular scent is why certain flowers smell like rotten meat.
What does the smell of a Carrion flower do for it?
Carrion flowers are pollenated by flies and other insects that are attracted to rotting meat. So the plant shares its pollen.
What does a orange smell like?
Orange smells sour and also it smells like tangerine, oranges smell like flowers or perfume almost. rotten ones smell like... u don't want to smell a rotten orange
What is the probable relationship between the giant Rafflesia flower and the carrion flies that buzz around it?
***Possible Answer:***The fly is attracted by the "carrion " smell of the Rafflessia flowers, it carries the pollen on its body as it flies from flower to flower, thus helping to pollinate them.
Why do some farts smell of rotten eggs?
Some farts smell of rotten eggs because they contain Hydrogen Sulphide - which is what gives rotten eggs their smell!
Does proscuito smell rotten?
proscuitto shouldn't smell rotten, it should smell salty and just a bit meaty.
Is rafflesia smelly?
A Rafflesia emits a smell like rotting meat to attract flies and carrion beetles to pollinates it. The rotten smell of the flower is due to the reddish tentacle-like, branched ramentae, inside the corolla of petals.
What insect is responsible for pollination with a stinky Odor?
There are some foul-smelling flowers that smell like rotten meat. And what are attracted to rotten meat? Flies. Flies are everywhere and especially around dead animals that is rotten because rotten flesh is the best habitat for the larvae of a fly (maggot).
What do rotten eggs smell like?
Rotten eggs, for some reason, strangely smell like rotten eggs. ha no rotton eggs smell like farts/breaking wind
Why does natural gas smell like rotten eggs?
Because the smell is added so it can be detected. If natural gas smells like rotten eggs then it contains H2S or hydrogen sulfide. Actually the smell associated with rotten eggs is hydrogen sulfide, so hydrogen sulfide does not smell like rotten eggs, rotten eggs smell like hydrogen sulfide.
