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Angraecum sesquipedale

Yeah, let's not get off the subject. This isn't a pissing contest!

Adaptation • 2002

John Laroche:

[viewing an orchid at a flower show]
Angraecum sesquipedale! A beauty! God! Darwin wrote about this one. Charles Darwin? Evolution guy? Hello? You see that nectary all the way down there? Darwin hypothesized a moth with a nose twelve inches long to pollinate it. Everyone thought he was a loon! Then, sure enough, they found this moth with a twelve-inch Proboscis. Proboscis means "nose," by the way. Susan Orlean:
I know what "Proboscis" means. John Laroche:
Yeah, let's not get off the subject. This isn't a pissing contest!

Full Transcript

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Angraecum sesquipedale

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Beauty God

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Darwin wrote about this one

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Charles Darwin Evolution guy Hello

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You see that nectary all the way down there

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Darwin hypothesized a moth

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with a nose 12 inches long to pollinate it

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Everyone thought he was a loon

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Then sure enough they found this moth with a 12 inch proboscis

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Proboscis means nose by the way I know what proboscis means

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Hey let's not get off the subject This isn't a pissing contest

Duration

41 seconds

Views

1,823

Timestamp in Movie

00:23:08

Uploaded

Nov 28, 2022

Genres

Production

Columbia Pictures,Propaganda Films,Good Machine,Intermedia,Beverly Detroit Studios,Clinica Estetico

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Movie Summary

A lovelorn screenwriter becomes desperate as he tries and fails to adapt 'The Orchid Thief' by Susan Orlean for the screen.

Actors

John Laroche

Susan Orlean