Sumatran Stink Flower
By Ryan Oakley. Filed in environment |
Gracing the Sumatran Jungle like a glowing red anus is the Rafflesia arnoldii; a flower that grows from a cabbage like ball into a meter-wide, 11 kg monster plant.
It’s actually a parasite and it stinks like rotting meat so, unlike the cute, itty-bitty seal cubs, there’s no hippies trying to protect it. I’m not saying it’s bad to protect the cute things, but I am saying that nature is sometimes gross, amoral and reeking. And those things are just as worthy of our love, attention and care.
Except for hamsters. Hamsters can go fuck themselves.
Although Ryan Oakley began his career as a simple rake (drunk) he has since become Toronto’s most renowned flaneur (no car) and notorious dandy (overdresses). A misanthropic composer of psycho-geographical fictions (bad science fiction), he is also a server of food, a tender of bar and a washer of dishes. While performing all these functions with efficiency and elegance (disdain and malice), he somehow finds the time to publicly criticize friends, strangers and cultural crap. He's a bit of a dick.
Wednesday, January 11th 2006 at 3:54 pm |
That is a strange flower.
Just wanted to say thanks for stopping by my place. It was nice to see you. I hope you will be by more often.