Asap ! flowers are a reproductive structure for some plants. the corpse flower blooms for a short period of time, and it smells like a mixture of rotten food, decaying organisms, and garbage. this repulsive scent attracts pollinating insects to the flower. do you think the corpse flower’s smell meets the definition of an adaptation as stated in the video? explain your response.

Corpse flowers or stinking flowers, also called carrion flowers, are the flowers, which emit an odor that smells like rotting flesh. Corpse flowers attract majorly the beetles and scavenging flies as pollinators.

The flowers stink so that they can attract insects, as the plants are situated so far apart from each other and bloom so irregularly, due to which they attract as much insect attention as possible in order to make sure the process of pollination.

The corpse flower utilizes its smell to fascinate beetles and sweat bees looking for a prime position to lay their eggs. Thus, it meets the concept of adaptation.

it's not c. i took the quiz and got it wrong. so my best guess is b.

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the answer is a) cell division.

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