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5 Sep 2024 03:22:51 EDT (-0400)
  Re: Biology question  
From: clipka
Date: 13 Nov 2009 13:41:48
Message: <4afda86c$1@news.povray.org>
Gilles Tran schrieb:

> Why amines are foul-smelling to us may have something to do with 
> evolution (i.e. animals associating the smell of death with danger). 
> Note that some plants have evolved to produce cadaver smell as a 
> defensive mechanism.

Interestingly, other plants produce cadaver smell to /attract/ animals 
(insects) as part of their reproduction.

The biggest blossoms in all of nature /stink/ like hell of rotten flesh. 
They want flies, not bees.


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