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One Stinky Bloom

A five-foot-tall flower raised quite a stink in New York City last week. The rare bud is known as a "corpse flower," because it smells like rotting flesh when it blooms. "The stench is really, really awful," says DAVID CAIN, who grew the plant in a greenhouse at Lehman College. Cain fed and nurtured the plant for six years before it bloomed. In the wild, a corpse plant can take up to 20 years to bloom. The flower's horrid smell discourages animals from eating it. But the odor attracts insects that help to pollinate the plant. Luckily, the foul-smelling flower only lasts for two days. Pee-yew!

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