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The Strangest Plant In The World?!

Bizarre stories from the slimy, smelly, creepy world of science.

The Strangest Plant In The World?!

Season 2 Episode 28 | 4m 5s

The plant Hydnora africana is a parasite that smells foul...and that’s not even the weirdest thing about it.

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