The Rafflesia, or Corpse Flower, is widely reputed as the largest and smelliest flower in the world.

So what does one do when one is canine and your nose encounters the stench of a blooming Rafflesia?

Roll in it, of course!

Leslie duCleds succumbs to his primitive canine nature as his secretary Willow Fawnsworthy (whitetail doe) and their guide Ali (a binturong) look on, a mite perplexed.

From Act Four of "The Giant Gnat of Sinatra." Willow and Les © Eric Costello and Mitch Marmel, Ali is mine.

Art by the talented  sethtriggs