Rafflesia: the giant parasite flower
The world’s largest single flower spends most of its life hidden inside jungle vines as tiny filaments, with no leaves, stems, or roots of its own.
After nearly two years, it bursts open as a five-lobed “corpse flower” that reeks of rotting meat to lure carrion flies.
Recent Oxford-led research warns that most of the 42 known Rafflesia species are now in serious danger of extinction due to habitat loss.
A life-changing encounter in Sumatra: Rafflesia hasseltii grows in just a few remote, tiger-patrolled rainforests, accessible only under permit and seen by few. We trekked day and night to find it, and look what happened when we did:
@nessiejudge Mereka tau ga sih gimana biadabnya kelakuan tentara jepang ke wanita indonesia waktu jajah Indonesia? orang oranng jepang yg komen2 ini udh kaya dewa semua ya. Nessie salah dan dia minta maaf.
Nih cahaya asia maunya apa ya. Dr kmrn nyuruh2 bikin video minta maaf. Giliran dikasih skrg nyuruh hapus aku yt. Over hate & rasis parah jatohnya liatnya
udah, matiin aja semuanya.
erase the youth, ignore the elders, deny the sick, kill the rebels, let the nation collapse under the heavy boots of a deaf and blind tyrant that was handpicked by dirt-stained fingers of manipulated farmers and sailors.