Smell of Rotting Flesh Attracting Crowds in Houston

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Over the past few weeks, thousands of people flocked to the Museum of Natural Science in Houston, to see - and smell - a rare plant from the rain forests of Sumatra, in Indonesia. The unlikely attraction, an odor like that of a rotting corpse that the flower sent out as it bloomed. This is only the 29th time one of these rare flowers has bloomed in the United States, and the museum stayed open 24 hours a day until the full bloom occurred. VOA's Greg Flakus has more from Houston.