In Southeast Asia, what popular fruit is banned in hotels, subways, and airports?
Correct answer: Durian
riel
I tried durian but I'm still not sure if I like it. The smell is so powerfully awful that it's distracting to my sense of taste.
Tom
Maestro13, Not a defence, it is an attractant to fruit bats and other seed spreading animals.
Maestro13
Another example of nature's defenses.
Player #25874027
Maestro13,
Hardly a defence if it doesn’t stop them being eaten
SOS
riel, I've never tried it but I think the smell would put me off too, smell is integral to taste!
Shaell
Never heard of this fruit
Lola
Yukky why eat such a nasty fruit?
BratBeast
Player #25874027, being eaten by whom is the question. Animals that can spread the seeds & continue the species is good. Being eaten by greedy humans is not (necessarily).
zeek the flavor freak
Once you get by the smell you got it licked.
I, Claudius
Not to pull a "little b" here, but I've yet to try this fruit. I've read so much about it on the internet, with some claiming the smell is worth the taste.
Player #151898054
I knew it was probably the foul smell, but I got the wrong fruit.
Wozza
tried it once - almost made me spew! Which to me is what it tasted like eating !!
Sykesxx
One of the most expensive fruit out there.
MAFE1967
my favorite is the native kind ...
RABBIT
Ely3028, the same goes for super stinky cheese. It's absolutely delicious.
Lionessa
The scent occurs because the plant has multiple copies of a gene that produces Sulphur chemicals. It's seeds are dispersed by elephants, orangutans, rhinos, and other animals that are attracted to the scent.
Slim Charles
Braniacs, have you heard of Google?
Ely3028
Smelly but once you tasted it, you’ll crave for
more as its super delicious.. Others say it’s an aphrodisiac fruit and increases men’s libido..
Jhian
they say that a durian has a terrible smell but in my opinion it's not that bad I mean it just sweet and bitter smell
Essfor
I’ve tried it too, prepared by Nana, in her house, and brought to the gathering once prepared - it tasted quite lovely, and I didn’t experience the stench 😊
Mayya
Maestro13, it's a very tasty fruit