Awful-smelling plant along this US roadway has one saving grace -- it melts snow

Awful-smelling plant along this US roadway has one saving grace -- it melts snow



Mild winter temperatures along a stretch of North Carolina’s Blue Ridge Parkway in Watauga County have resulted in the growth of a fetid-smelling pod that, despite its odor, has the uncanny ability to create enough heat to melt snow around it, a published report said.