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Thanks WonGun! just amazed that there are two species that look so alike!
Awesome! Thanks Ashley!
I am guessing that all those brain-like furrows act to increase the surface area of the globe. That may help in keeping the temperature inside cool and to speed up drying when wet.
Enough to give anyone the heebie jeebies... haha
thanks! i was really lucky to spot this one. bucket list.
this flower blooms deep in the jungle and only once in 8-9 months.
wilts and dies in 7 days. This was day five of the bloom.
"Somehow, after generations and generations of intimate contact between parasite and host, Rafflesia has ended up with more than the usual parasitic spoils. As a new study published today in BMC Genomics reveals, the parasite expresses dozens of genes that it has co-opted from its host. "
Thanks Zaidi!
I was wondering if it was a harvestman at first. The big pincer mouthpiece that huge compared to its body made think whip spider at first glance.
