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It's great to stop and smell the roses, but there are certain flowers you definitely don't want to get a whiff of. While many plants use sweet smells and nectar to attract insects and other animal pollinators, some employ a different tactic: They exude the putrid odors of feces and rotting animal carcasses.
The revolting smells lure in flies, dung beetles, and other bugs that feast on and lay their eggs in nasty things. To them, the smells are like just baked cookies or fresh laundry — too enticing to pass up. But when the disappointed insects figure out the flowers aren't what they're looking...
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