Me vs. Durian

Alden was given a durian fruit and was kind enough to share it with the palagis. I was very excited, but I can't say the same for anyone else. While Alden ate bite after bite (while grinning and proclaiming it the "fruit of the gods"), I was able to gulp down about five bites, and everyone else about one or two. It tasted like a mixture of onions and rotten cream.

Me and durian:

Alden cutting into it:

It smelled sweeter on the inside than the outside:

Snowy is extremely famous in Lions Park (where I live). His life is the stuff of legend. He was not effected by the durian smell, as to be expected from one who has experienced what he has. A true gentleman canine:

Check out Andrew Zimmern attempting, and failing, to eat durian on Bizarre Foods: