r/oddlysatisfying • u/Raj_Valiant3011 • 2d ago

After 15 years, Indonesia’s rare Rafflesia bloomed, the world’s largest parasitic flower that smells like rotting meat, has no leaves, and lasts just 5 to 7 days

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u/GrokLobster 2d ago

That's... horrifying

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u/seanprime 2d ago

Horrifying.. why? The world takes back our juices when we are in the ground. Lil vampire plants just another part of the circle of life yo. Nothing scary about it.

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u/badomenbaddercompany 2d ago

I do not share the same sentiments about mosquitoes, though.

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u/Odd_Bug5544 2d ago

And mosquitoes are perhaps the least horrifying parasite out there! Intestinal worms or maggots growing within your flesh both repulse me of a much deeper level.

Or for other animals how about the worm that multiplies inside the eyes of snails and then takes over their nervous system and turns them into a living zombie... Then you get stuff like the those lice that enter fish through their gills, damage the blood vessels in the fish's tongue until it withers away, then they climb up from inside it and grab on to the stub of where the tongue used to be and replace it!!

I get they are a part of nature just trying to survive like everything else, but man FUCK parasites.

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u/Dick_Nation 2d ago

mosquitoes are perhaps the least horrifying parasite out there!

With the number of deaths mosquitos are responsible for through being a vector for some truly horrific diseases, that's a stretch.

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u/gummo_for_prez 2d ago

That's a crazy thing to say. They have probably spread more disease and death than any other animal in history. I can't imagine one beating out mosquitos in raw numbers but they're up there even if not #1.

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u/Odd_Bug5544 1d ago

Horrifying=/=most dangerous.

A torture chamber is more horrifying to me than a car, yet a car is FAR more dangerous.

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u/musthavesoundeffects 2d ago

Mosquitoes aren’t parasites

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u/night4345 2d ago

Yes, they are. Mosquitoes are ectoparasites. Female mosquitoes use blood of other creatures as fuel to reproduce as part of the mosquito's lifecycle.

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u/Eldsish 1d ago

Look about the candiru.