Postcards from Borneo: The World’s Stinkiest (but best) Fruit

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eatingdurianIn the latest edition of the PROOF blog, Russell Laman explains why he likes durian and how this smelly fruit relates to orangutans. Did you know that “duri” in Indonesian means thorn? Hence why the green, thorny, football-sized fruit that you see in these photos is called durian! The wild orangutans we study in Gunung Palung love it! Read Russell”s blog post here: http://proof.nationalgeographic.com/2014/07/29/postcards-from-borneo-the-worlds-stinkiest-but-best-fruit/