Flowers, but not as we know them

We queued for 2 hours this evening to see the Titan Arum plant flowering at the Botanical Gardens in Cambridge. This is the notorious "corpse flower" from Sumatra that is very large and smells like rotting flesh. The plant flowers for only 2 days every 10 or so years, hence the sudden rush to see it. To be honest, it was a little disappointing - it didn't smell that strongly and it wasn't as huge as I'd expected. Still, it is quite special.

Update: I added a link to the Botanical Gardens. They also have a webcam which provides a better view of the plant.

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We just watched a documentary on penguin breeding - with signing. The signer seemed to be having fun - watch for the "penguin" sign in the middle of the clip. (The video is in 3GPP format but should also be a valid MPEG-4 file.)

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