10 Really Bizarre And Peculiar Things Found in the Jungle

The dense and often impenetrable jungles of the world hold many strange and bizarre secrets. Jungles are some of the richest habitats in the world, with some of the most interesting wildlife diversity on Earth. Every year there are numerous new species found. In the lands dominated by wild overgrowth where civilization ceases, there are unknown discoveries yet to be made, mysteries to be unraveled, and long lost secrets waiting to be revealed. Here are 10 such wonders found deep within these largely unexplored areas of the world.

Giant Parasitic Flowers

Despite being the largest flower on Earth, this giant is more likely to be smelled before it is seen. Known as the ‘Corpse Flower’ or the ‘Devil’s Betelnut Box’, the Rafflesia Arnoldii grows up to one meter across and releases an awful pungent odour like decaying flesh. The Corpse Flower is eerie and unusual for more than its smell. The flower exists only as a parasite. Instead of having leaves, stems, or roots, the flower embeds thread like fibres into its host to steal nutrients and water. The first botanical encounter of this flower was by Louis Auguste Deschamps, a French explorer who collected a specimen in 1797, only to have his notes confiscated and lost for over 150 years. Although the flower itself was rediscovered before Deschamps notes, the flower remains rare and elusive. Its smell is repulsive to most life but is fortunately attractive to flies and other pollinating insects who spread the flower and its namesake smell throughout the jungles of Malaysia and Indonesia.