Oh I assure you they werent pranking you...You see the Malays have somehow managed to overcome the smell problem and enjoy the taste of the fruit...They claim when you overcome the smell the fruit is actually delicious...though many claim dont drink soft drinks with it coz it will make you feel drunk (some chemicals released by the fruit mixed with soda can give you a drunk feeling...not sure how true since I couldnt eat that fruit from hell)
The Malays are very proud of their fruit and SOME Europeans actually like it....
Locals:
How goray see it:
Science:
They identified a group of genes responsible for odor compounds called volatile sulfur compounds, and found that these genes become highly activated as the fruit ripens, driving its unusual smell.
“The durian smell has been described as a mix of an onion-like sulfury aroma with notes of sweet fruitiness and savory soup-seasoning. A key component of the durian smell are volatile sulfur compounds, or VSCs, which have been characterized as decaying, onion-like, rotten eggs, sulfury and fried shallots,” said geneticist Bin Tean Teh, deputy director of the National Cancer Center Singapore, co-leader of the study published in the journal Nature Genetics.
Unlike other plant species that typically have one or two copies of these genes, this species boasted four copies, demonstrating that VSC production is, as Teh put it, “turbocharged” in durian fruits.
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-...y-pungent-durian-fruit-revealed-idUSKBN1CE1SB
Maaf ya bro...Tapi I tak suka durian