How to Survive the Corpse Flower

Amorphophallus titanum, also known as the corpse flower, is native to Sumatra in Indonesia. It appears rarely, blooming for just a few days at a time, sometimes for as little as 24 hours, and only once every 7 to 9 years.
The flower can be huge, sometimes growing up to 6m (20ft) tall and 4.5m (15ft) across. It has a distinct and disgusting smell that might make you gag if you ever get near it. And taking a bite out of it could leave you with stab wounds. So much for stopping to smell this flowers. How can you protect yourself from its horrible odor? Why should you fear its berries? And how could the corpse flower actually turn you into a corpse?
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  • @hanrysoul
    @hanrysoul Жыл бұрын

    Narrator: *It can kill you* Also narrator: *Eat at your own risk*

  • @HughWoo

    @HughWoo

    11 ай бұрын

    Narrator has an awesome food review show if you like listening to him. He’s hilarious actually.

  • @CheckCommunityPosts
    @CheckCommunityPosts Жыл бұрын

    Everyone's smelling it as if it's a wildflower on their neighborhood walk😂

  • @Youdontknowmeson1324

    @Youdontknowmeson1324

    Жыл бұрын

    There’s relatives you might find like skunk cabbage or jack in the pulpit

  • @sureshwadnerkar979

    @sureshwadnerkar979

    Жыл бұрын

    You can cut it

  • @PhantasticMrPhrog

    @PhantasticMrPhrog

    Жыл бұрын

    Yeah that women practically almost put her child into It

  • @HughWoo

    @HughWoo

    11 ай бұрын

    @@Youdontknowmeson1324 true… very strange, but true.

  • @gunnr9512
    @gunnr9512 Жыл бұрын

    Rafflesia: Finally a worthy opponent, our battle will be legendary!

  • @evanchapmanfanman

    @evanchapmanfanman

    6 ай бұрын

    I remember that movie as a kid when it came out.

  • @tofakaa5661

    @tofakaa5661

    5 ай бұрын

    fun fact they are from the same rainforest. They probably battled in real life.

  • @IBSSnape

    @IBSSnape

    3 ай бұрын

    ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)

  • @TheMarionick
    @TheMarionick Жыл бұрын

    I’m already creeped out by this plant just watching it on my phone. You don’t have to worry about me ever getting near one😅

  • @jennakoenig8695
    @jennakoenig8695 Жыл бұрын

    i work in a greenhouse and we have a few of those flowers too and a great video too and you should do a video on greenhouses in the summertime it's over 100 degrees in the greenhouse it feels like your being cooked in a oven.

  • @FebruaryHas30Days

    @FebruaryHas30Days

    Жыл бұрын

    100 degrees? That's boiling.

  • @Bts_army843

    @Bts_army843

    Жыл бұрын

    @Michał Kobeszko wow amazing example

  • @idiotidiot5821

    @idiotidiot5821

    11 ай бұрын

    I bet in the pear tree section it smells like a porn set

  • @LucasGames-cd1fp
    @LucasGames-cd1fp Жыл бұрын

    Love the video, keep up the great content

  • @yey1484
    @yey1484 Жыл бұрын

    Step 2: "Don't get too close" Then the video shows a lot of people smelling the flower.

  • @touyatodoroki913

    @touyatodoroki913

    Жыл бұрын

    Exactly

  • @sometimessnarky1642

    @sometimessnarky1642

    10 ай бұрын

    Not once did he say those people were smart or that they would survive.

  • @cinqsaw4358
    @cinqsaw4358 Жыл бұрын

    Who would eat a big goofy ahh piece of corn that smells like a rotten corpse!?

  • @aryanaheer6841
    @aryanaheer6841 Жыл бұрын

    Sir your videos are really interesting and informative

  • @ssjjvlk
    @ssjjvlk Жыл бұрын

    There ain't no way a big flower can kill me. Edit: I was wrong

  • @petroshalkos3453
    @petroshalkos3453 Жыл бұрын

    I hope I never have to go through any of your scenarios but if I have to im glad you are here to help us with your tips

  • @halofreak644
    @halofreak64410 ай бұрын

    Going to see my first flower bloom this week! Can't wait to smell it 🥸

  • @cherrykittyrose7461

    @cherrykittyrose7461

    3 ай бұрын

    Oop-

  • @CD-nb4qv
    @CD-nb4qv Жыл бұрын

    Thank You for knowledge

  • @VinceCharles0
    @VinceCharles0 Жыл бұрын

    Thanks for the tips broo

  • @jinkazama9017
    @jinkazama9017 Жыл бұрын

    How to survive the Corpse Flower Step one: Don't go near it.

  • @vijayshr43
    @vijayshr43 Жыл бұрын

    Great video!

  • @Intejam
    @Intejam Жыл бұрын

    Thanks For telling us We all Have this At Our Home!

  • @Luca-gc6pz
    @Luca-gc6pz Жыл бұрын

    The Cincinnati Ohio zoo had their corpse flower bloom over the weekend. They named it Morticia I believe.

  • @anastasiamarkova824

    @anastasiamarkova824

    Жыл бұрын

    👍

  • @HughWoo
    @HughWoo11 ай бұрын

    I KNOW THIS VOICE!!! My man!!! Bro I love the damn food reviews 😂

  • @Sagar-pu8sj
    @Sagar-pu8sj Жыл бұрын

    I don't know why I like your video's, knowing that they hardly usefull for me...... I watched every vedio 😂

  • @CheckCommunityPosts

    @CheckCommunityPosts

    Жыл бұрын

    In case you want to see more, we got you covered💀😂

  • @Nihilisterplayz
    @Nihilisterplayz Жыл бұрын

    Step 1 don't go near it simple lol unless if you wanna smell the dead and death and cause a sickness

  • @amypontious4452
    @amypontious44526 ай бұрын

    I would love to go see this flower!

  • @KatyPerryYesTaylorSwiftNo
    @KatyPerryYesTaylorSwiftNo Жыл бұрын

    Hey How To Survive, I just watched your video and I enjoyed. But doing How To Survive The Corpse Flower video, can you please do a How To Survive The Menstruation Cycle video? Cuz I want to watch and learn on to survive the time of month after watching the video.

  • @johnvlogsgaming4796
    @johnvlogsgaming4796 Жыл бұрын

    High quality content

  • @jasonethan2024
    @jasonethan2024 Жыл бұрын

    How to REALLY survive the corpes flower: 1.Dont touch it 2.Run away if you see one in da forest

  • @PorterB
    @PorterB Жыл бұрын

    new internet challenge time - eat a whole corpseflower raw and win the next darwin award!

  • @hunterzolomon2164
    @hunterzolomon2164 Жыл бұрын

    Why would you even want to eat the flower lol

  • @rubensbetke4343
    @rubensbetke4343 Жыл бұрын

    Please make an Video: how to survive a honey badger Attack!

  • @cyrinyx
    @cyrinyx Жыл бұрын

    Step 0.1: Just stay away from it

  • @Zanewv
    @ZanewvКүн бұрын

    The spadix makes the smell, not the flower. This plant doesn't kill you unless you try to eat it

  • @zacharyengle4256
    @zacharyengle4256 Жыл бұрын

    1:15 By not smelling it in the first place?

  • @TurbulantSynider
    @TurbulantSynider Жыл бұрын

    2:39 Neimar Also Finds it smelly 😉

  • @windex1613
    @windex1613 Жыл бұрын

    and this is why im never leaving my house again.

  • @courtneywill1318

    @courtneywill1318

    Жыл бұрын

    Lol

  • @CheckCommunityPosts

    @CheckCommunityPosts

    Жыл бұрын

    i'm gonna bring one to your house and plant it in your kitchen

  • @okamijubei

    @okamijubei

    8 ай бұрын

    Then why bother to live when you do not contribute?

  • @alexyanez3811
    @alexyanez3811 Жыл бұрын

    And if you were around in ancient Greece and you were sentenced to execution in the Labyrinth maze? Once you're in there's no way out. How will survive the wrath of the Minotaur?

  • @sometimessnarky1642

    @sometimessnarky1642

    10 ай бұрын

    By getting the minotaur to eat the corpse flower fruit?

  • @matthewwelsh294
    @matthewwelsh294 Жыл бұрын

    4:47 my college good times

  • @Zanewv
    @Zanewv Жыл бұрын

    The flowers don't smell its the spadix. I have several species of amorphophallus.

  • @yaelmurillo1863
    @yaelmurillo1863 Жыл бұрын

    So… I shouldn’t lick it?

  • @jaybattle2218
    @jaybattle2218 Жыл бұрын

    Can you do a how to survive a jaguar attack

  • @ImranAli-kc6fl
    @ImranAli-kc6fl Жыл бұрын

    New fear unlock

  • @cameronayotte2964
    @cameronayotte2964 Жыл бұрын

    never touch that kids

  • @mechagodzillaplayzapexcybe8932
    @mechagodzillaplayzapexcybe8932 Жыл бұрын

    which music did you use for the start of how to survive ted bundy

  • @MalayMsmGamer
    @MalayMsmGamer Жыл бұрын

    Is this the same flower like rafflesia or it's a different flower?

  • @RickyRisnandar

    @RickyRisnandar

    Жыл бұрын

    different

  • @ralphlorenzperolino3054
    @ralphlorenzperolino3054 Жыл бұрын

    Please do How to Survive Darius from NFS Carbon.

  • @alexyanez3811
    @alexyanez3811 Жыл бұрын

    And if you don't Hades to claim your soul?

  • @abhinavdammu7798
    @abhinavdammu7798 Жыл бұрын

    0:27 What is this girl's name?

  • @DanielaGarcia-lm2ts
    @DanielaGarcia-lm2ts Жыл бұрын

    Idea for video: How to survive The Hunger Games

  • @alexyanez3811
    @alexyanez3811 Жыл бұрын

    How about this - how will you survive being lost in New York?

  • @vitlep620
    @vitlep620 Жыл бұрын

    Good

  • @almacervantes5477
    @almacervantes5477 Жыл бұрын

    This is so weird cause there’s one set to bloom in SJSU

  • @joeyhotz5827
    @joeyhotz58275 ай бұрын

    Did I see a small clip of the Boston Museum of Science? I thought I saw that flower there

  • @evangouldtransit
    @evangouldtransit Жыл бұрын

    is Stefan Johnson narrating this.?

  • @kaisoo2556
    @kaisoo2556 Жыл бұрын

    How to survive a corpse flower: 1. Dont touch it

  • @gwenbrothers7080
    @gwenbrothers708010 ай бұрын

    Wally the Corpse Flower just bloomed, and none of us were sticking our faces into it 🙄

  • @iateyourdog89751
    @iateyourdog89751 Жыл бұрын

    I didn't know the corpse flower exsided

  • @KORNEWARRIOR

    @KORNEWARRIOR

    Жыл бұрын

    ex sided

  • @JaeHunt
    @JaeHunt Жыл бұрын

    …By Not Touching It🗣🙅🏽‍♂️

  • @ninjaswordtothehead
    @ninjaswordtothehead9 ай бұрын

    Flowers: *Expose and wave their genitals in the air* Humans: *sniff sniff* "Ah, fragrant."

  • @FardGaming_410

    @FardGaming_410

    7 ай бұрын

    O - O

  • @IBSSnape

    @IBSSnape

    3 ай бұрын

    ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)

  • @TheSuperboy_Prime
    @TheSuperboy_Prime Жыл бұрын

    How to Survive The Multiverse of Madness?

  • @jpkl4766
    @jpkl4766 Жыл бұрын

    Amorphophallus titanus

  • @SharkzNicholas2000xOfficial
    @SharkzNicholas2000xOfficial Жыл бұрын

    Request: how to survive 3 A. M.

  • @Moycantik
    @Moycantik10 ай бұрын

    I live in indonesia. And once a year i see 6-14 rafflesia

  • @alexyanez3811
    @alexyanez3811 Жыл бұрын

    And what if you ventured into the depths of Tartarus to see Hades the God of the Dead? How will get passed Cerberus the 3-Headed dog beast of Hades himself?

  • @sometimessnarky1642

    @sometimessnarky1642

    10 ай бұрын

    Take a ball, a frisbee and a stick with you.

  • @IBSSnape

    @IBSSnape

    3 ай бұрын

    Simple. Bring the corpse flower with you, dogs have a very sensitive sense of smell so it would scare Cerebus away. It might even scare Hades himself away.

  • @ki-pattao9030
    @ki-pattao9030 Жыл бұрын

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  • @tijanamilenkovic3425

    @tijanamilenkovic3425

    Жыл бұрын

    How to Survive a Fossa Attack

  • @Luvfiti18
    @Luvfiti18 Жыл бұрын

    This happened to by buddy Eric

  • @jamesgray6421
    @jamesgray6421 Жыл бұрын

    Basically avoid it all

  • @mavvynne444
    @mavvynne444 Жыл бұрын

    How to survive cosmic radiation?

  • @alexyanez3811
    @alexyanez3811 Жыл бұрын

    How will you appease him if you want to spare you?

  • @bekaswxlf
    @bekaswxlf Жыл бұрын

    Hi

  • @weizhengtan3510
    @weizhengtan3510 Жыл бұрын

    How to survive: just dont go close

  • @alexyanez3811
    @alexyanez3811 Жыл бұрын

    I see.

  • @aryanaheer6841
    @aryanaheer6841 Жыл бұрын

    Sir i wish for you that you have reach 2 million subscribers in short time .

  • @freewill7549
    @freewill7549 Жыл бұрын

    That flower look like THC heads...

  • @Ashley-dm7ql
    @Ashley-dm7ql Жыл бұрын

    hello there

  • @user-gu9yq5sj7c
    @user-gu9yq5sj7c Жыл бұрын

    0:17 Why would a someone make a little kid smell the corpse flower?

  • @RossThaGreat
    @RossThaGreat Жыл бұрын

    Like is it actually dangerous, the kids are having fun

  • @IBSSnape
    @IBSSnape3 ай бұрын

    If it smells that bad, why would anyone want to eat it?

  • @jicbph12
    @jicbph12 Жыл бұрын

    Why is this flower kill you

  • @Whats_.Grass-
    @Whats_.Grass-4 ай бұрын

    Ah yes,I can finally serve this to the person I hate the most

  • @user-hf6wc2fk2l
    @user-hf6wc2fk2l Жыл бұрын

    Ok

  • @ikramkamal12
    @ikramkamal12 Жыл бұрын

    Step 1 Don't go 😄

  • @DanielaGarcia-lm2ts
    @DanielaGarcia-lm2ts Жыл бұрын

    Other Idea : How to survive mass shooting (It’s sad that I’m only eleven and I have to know how to survive this, it can happen any day, even at school)

  • @rahulmenendez1008
    @rahulmenendez1008 Жыл бұрын

    What if Tanjiro was there☠️

  • @spartangoku7610
    @spartangoku7610 Жыл бұрын

    Stay away from it.

  • @300blackout9
    @300blackout9 Жыл бұрын

    Easiest way is not go to Sumatra 😂

  • @mindingmybusiness6309
    @mindingmybusiness63099 ай бұрын

    Who would want to eat this? 🤮

  • @user-vy6ev2ry6h
    @user-vy6ev2ry6h Жыл бұрын

    Класс

  • @CrexVlog7159AUTTP
    @CrexVlog7159AUTTP Жыл бұрын

    Corpse flower is bad smell 🤮

  • @hypergamer254
    @hypergamer254 Жыл бұрын

    Banana

  • @marthaaurora195
    @marthaaurora195 Жыл бұрын

    Im 13 im boy dude what is that what the hell what the the flower is ugly i hate it is eww the flower is cool tho i didnt see that flower

  • @RollenND
    @RollenND6 ай бұрын

    Funky flower..only grows in 7 to 9 years wow..i can get my tetanus shot.😮

  • @MarMarZ999
    @MarMarZ999 Жыл бұрын

    🤤

  • @user-xu8xh8df7o
    @user-xu8xh8df7o Жыл бұрын

    Лайк

  • @Footy7602
    @Footy7602 Жыл бұрын

    9th

  • @kswiftie1989
    @kswiftie1989 Жыл бұрын

    4th

  • @Mister_Peepo
    @Mister_Peepo Жыл бұрын

    This is contrived. How is step one related to surviving? How would you die from it's smell? You're gonna have to try harder at making vids man

  • @julesaloizeusbuyucan588
    @julesaloizeusbuyucan588 Жыл бұрын

    5th

  • @happy-ni6rx
    @happy-ni6rx Жыл бұрын

    Cccccccccccorps

  • @maosung5219
    @maosung521910 ай бұрын

    ۱۴۰۲~۴~۲۰🌸❤❤💚🌻🌼🌺

  • @jug301
    @jug301 Жыл бұрын

    Goofy ahh music

  • @bodhigough6196
    @bodhigough6196 Жыл бұрын

    Just came here to mention how stupid the title is,, how to survive a stinky flower

  • @eliherrera82
    @eliherrera8211 ай бұрын

    Blue cheese🤢🤢🤢🤮🤮🤮