1 00:00:13,866 --> 00:00:20,000 >> WHAT SGT WEB SITE ASHLEY 2 00:00:15,466 --> 00:00:21,500 MADISON SAY ON MODERN MARRIAGES 3 00:00:18,066 --> 00:00:22,900 AND THE SEA UNUSUALLY 4 00:00:20,000 --> 00:00:25,133 INHABITANTS AND DRAG RACING 5 00:00:21,500 --> 00:00:26,166 SPEED BOATS ON SMALL LAKE NORTH 6 00:00:22,900 --> 00:00:28,666 OF CHICAGO AND DID THE DOME OF 7 00:00:25,133 --> 00:00:31,333 THE OLD CHICAGO FEDERAL 8 00:00:26,166 --> 00:00:32,300 BUILDING MEASURE UP TO THE ONE 9 00:00:28,666 --> 00:00:32,666 ON THE U.S. CAPITOL. 10 00:00:31,333 --> 00:00:34,833 JEFFERY BARE ANSWER THIS DOME 11 00:00:32,300 --> 00:00:36,733 QUESTION. 12 00:00:32,666 --> 00:00:39,933 BUT, FIRST, THE CHICAGO BOTANIC 13 00:00:34,833 --> 00:00:42,033 GARDEN IS ON DEATH WATCH. 14 00:00:36,733 --> 00:00:43,433 OFFICIALS SAY THE TITAN ARUM 15 00:00:39,933 --> 00:00:45,400 PLANT MORE POPULARLY KNOWN AS 16 00:00:42,033 --> 00:00:48,466 CORPSE FLOWER COULD BLOOM IN A 17 00:00:43,433 --> 00:00:50,533 MATTER OF HOURS AND IT'S 18 00:00:45,400 --> 00:00:52,700 NOTORIOUS FOUL ODOR THE PLANT 19 00:00:48,466 --> 00:00:54,200 OBTAINED NEAR ROCK STAR STATUS 20 00:00:50,533 --> 00:00:54,466 SO FAR 40,000 VISITORS FLOCKED 21 00:00:52,700 --> 00:00:56,266 TO THE BOTANIC GUARD TONE SEE 22 00:00:54,200 --> 00:00:58,133 IT. 23 00:00:54,466 --> 00:00:58,666 EVEN THOUGH THE STENCH IS YET 24 00:00:56,266 --> 00:01:00,333 TO COME. 25 00:00:58,133 --> 00:01:04,366 HERE'S THE LATEST. 26 00:00:58,666 --> 00:01:06,366 >> THE CROWDS ARE LINING UNTO 27 00:01:00,333 --> 00:01:07,466 GET A GLIMPSE AND PRAPS A WIFF 28 00:01:04,366 --> 00:01:10,533 OF WHAT KHIK CHICK BOTANIC 29 00:01:06,366 --> 00:01:11,066 GARDEN OFFICIALS SAY SETS 30 00:01:07,466 --> 00:01:13,566 LARGEST WORLD'S SMELLEST 31 00:01:10,533 --> 00:01:16,133 FLOURERRING PLANT. 32 00:01:11,066 --> 00:01:18,000 >> I CAME YESTERDAY, NOW, AND 33 00:01:13,566 --> 00:01:19,066 TOMORROW TO SEE IT UNRAV SFWLL 34 00:01:16,133 --> 00:01:20,466 THE CORPSE FLOWER NICKNAMED 35 00:01:18,000 --> 00:01:22,233 SPIKE IS FWROING FOR TWELVE 36 00:01:19,066 --> 00:01:24,166 YEARS AND CURRENTLY SHE SAY IT 37 00:01:20,466 --> 00:01:26,600 IS FLASHING SIGNALS THAT IT'S A 38 00:01:22,233 --> 00:01:29,266 MERE HOURS AWAY FROM BLOOMING. 39 00:01:24,166 --> 00:01:32,133 >> THE BASE IS EXTRA GIRTHY 40 00:01:26,600 --> 00:01:34,700 AND INTERNAL TEMPERATURE SPIKED 41 00:01:29,266 --> 00:01:36,866 AND FLOWER PETALES ARE PULLING 42 00:01:32,133 --> 00:01:37,866 AWAY FROM THE STEM. 43 00:01:34,700 --> 00:01:39,433 >> IT'S MAKING MOVES TO GET 44 00:01:36,866 --> 00:01:41,400 READY TO BLOOM. 45 00:01:37,866 --> 00:01:43,366 >> THE PLANT IS EXTREMELY RARE 46 00:01:39,433 --> 00:01:44,666 FOUND MOSTLY IN RAIN FORRESTS 47 00:01:41,400 --> 00:01:45,000 IN INDONESIA. 48 00:01:43,366 --> 00:01:47,566 ITS LIFE SPAN FWHUNS SBLOOM 49 00:01:44,666 --> 00:01:49,533 SHORT. 50 00:01:45,000 --> 00:01:50,166 24 TO 36 HOURS AND THE SMELL 51 00:01:47,566 --> 00:01:52,966 THAT EMANATES FROM THE PLOWER 52 00:01:49,533 --> 00:01:55,066 HAS BEEN DESCRIBED AS BE 53 00:01:50,166 --> 00:01:55,566 SOMEWHERE BETWEEN LIMBURGER 54 00:01:52,966 --> 00:01:59,066 CHEESE AND ROTTING MAMMAL 55 00:01:55,066 --> 00:02:00,666 CORPSE. 56 00:01:55,566 --> 00:02:01,933 WHY TO ATTRACT POLL NATEERS. 57 00:01:59,066 --> 00:02:03,333 >> BEATLS, FLESH FLIES, THEY 58 00:02:00,666 --> 00:02:04,166 WOULD BE ATTRACTED TO THE SMELL 59 00:02:01,933 --> 00:02:05,233 AND THEY THINK THAT'S A DEAD 60 00:02:03,333 --> 00:02:06,833 ANIMAL. 61 00:02:04,166 --> 00:02:08,833 THEY'LL GO DOWN INTO THE FLOWER 62 00:02:05,233 --> 00:02:09,833 THINKING THEY CAN LAY THEIR 63 00:02:06,833 --> 00:02:11,833 EGGS AND FEED UPON THAT AND 64 00:02:08,833 --> 00:02:12,933 WHAT HAPPENS IS THERE IS 65 00:02:09,833 --> 00:02:14,833 NOTHING TO FEED BONE BUT THEY 66 00:02:11,833 --> 00:02:16,833 CARRY POLLEN WITH THEM AND THEN 67 00:02:12,933 --> 00:02:18,966 MOVE ON TON ANOTHER FLOWER. 68 00:02:14,833 --> 00:02:21,400 >> THE ANTICIPATION IS MADE 69 00:02:16,833 --> 00:02:22,466 SPIKE A PHENOMENON CHICAGO. 70 00:02:18,966 --> 00:02:24,500 SOME VISITORS FOUND ARTISTIC 71 00:02:21,400 --> 00:02:26,533 INSPIRATION IN THE PLANT AND 72 00:02:22,466 --> 00:02:29,066 SAY THEY PLAN TO BE THERE UNTIL 73 00:02:24,500 --> 00:02:31,066 THE VERY END. 74 00:02:26,533 --> 00:02:31,700 >> IT'S A HAPPENING UNUSUAL 75 00:02:29,066 --> 00:02:33,866 WHAT BLOOMS TEN OR FOURTEEN 76 00:02:31,066 --> 00:02:35,833 YEARS ONCE. 77 00:02:31,700 --> 00:02:37,633 SO YOU THINK WELL I HAVE A 78 00:02:33,866 --> 00:02:40,300 CHANCE TO BE THERE. 79 00:02:35,833 --> 00:02:41,866 >> THOUGH BOUGHT NIGHT ARE NOT 80 00:02:37,633 --> 00:02:43,333 SURE OF THE EXACT HOUR OF BLOOM 81 00:02:40,300 --> 00:02:43,833 BEING THEY SAY IT ALL MOST 82 00:02:41,866 --> 00:02:46,433 CERTAINLY WILL BE DURING THE 83 00:02:43,333 --> 00:02:48,433 EVENING. 84 00:02:43,833 --> 00:02:50,366 >> BEFORE IT POP IT'S BILL EMIT 85 00:02:46,433 --> 00:02:52,066 THE LIMBURGER DEATH SMELL. 86 00:02:48,433 --> 00:02:52,800 RIGHT NOW WE'RE NOT SMELLING 87 00:02:50,366 --> 00:02:54,433 ANYTHING YET WHICH SIGNALS IT 88 00:02:52,066 --> 00:02:56,066 PROBABLY WON'T BE TONIGHT SGLP 89 00:02:52,800 --> 00:02:57,600 WHEN THE MOMENT COMES THE 90 00:02:54,433 --> 00:02:59,500 BOTANIC GARDEN SAYS IT WILL 91 00:02:56,066 --> 00:03:03,433 STAY ON UNTIL 2 A.M. FOR ALL 92 00:02:57,600 --> 00:03:04,200 WHO WISH TO SEE AND SMELL. 93 00:02:59,500 --> 00:03:07,633 FOR CHICAGO TONIGHT, THIS IS 94 00:03:03,433 --> 00:03:09,466 PARISH SHOULD HAVE. 95 00:03:04,200 --> 00:03:12,600 >> BOTANIC OFFICIALS HAVE NINE 96 00:03:07,633 --> 00:03:14,433 OTHER CORPSE FLOWERS GROWING IN 97 00:03:09,466 --> 00:03:15,400 PRODUCTION AREAS SOME MAY BLOOM 98 00:03:12,600 --> 00:03:17,500 AND OTHERS NEVER WILL AND