And it does something that no other plant that I know of does, and that is that when it flowers -- that's the spadix in the middle there -- for a period of about two days, it metabolizes in a way which is rather similar to mammals.
它有一种 据我所知没任何其他植物拥有的能力， 当它盛开时 -- 这是在中间的肉穗 -- 大约两天时间， 它产生了某种程度的代谢变化 有些类似哺乳动物。