- Zerush ( @Zerush@lemmy.ml ) English15•2 months ago
The mask is to prevent vomiting on this flower, it is a Rafflesia arnoldii, the largest flower that exists. It needs flies for pollination, which itattracts with a strong smell similar to a decomposing corpse.
- flora_explora ( @flora_explora@beehaw.org ) English4•2 months ago
Fascinating that the only aboveground part of the plant is its flower! Hard to imagine how it is parasitizing some vines underground and then all of a sudden produces this monster of a flower!
Although it is the largest flower, it isn’t the largest inflorescence haha. But apparently both this plant and the one with the largest inflorescence (Amorphophallus titanum) both smell like something rotting and are so huge. I mean, shouldn’t it be easier to attract flies?
- Zerush ( @Zerush@lemmy.ml ) English2•2 months ago
For the flower it is irrelevant if it smells good or bad, it is a simple question of producing the necessary moleculas for one thing or another to attract the needed insects.
- Empricorn ( @Empricorn@feddit.nl ) English3•2 months ago
I don’t know what this picture is about, but why vent holes on a mask!? Companies that sold these specifically to counter pandemic-era infection should be fined…
- Annoyed_🦀 🏅 ( @Annoyed_Crabby@monyet.cc ) English13•2 months ago
It’s used for venting out breath so it won’t fog up the glasses, good for dusty environment, definitely not for when you’re sick.
- grrgyle ( @grrgyle@slrpnk.net ) English2•2 months ago
Do it
- Tlaloc_Temporal ( @Tlaloc_Temporal@lemmy.ca ) English1•2 months ago
Oh, I just noticed the joke! I’ve seen this pic a half dozen times now and I just noticed the joke!
I don’t know if the joke is too subtle or I’m just dumb.
Haha, it’s probably your device screen. It’s subtle.