A few of the flowers that mimic the smell of carcasses take their playing dead act a step further and generate heat. This makes them seem even more like a dead body (bacteria and any maggots already on a carcass can make things pretty warm), and also helps spread their odors.
'Gilligan's Island' actress: 'I'm very much a Mary Ann'. Dawn Wells, who played Mary Ann Summers in the 1960s classic comedy Gilligan's Island will be the featured celebrity at the Ron Jon Cocoa Beach Half Marathon. Dawn Wells still gets recognized for her iconic role in the '60s TV show.
Mary Ann Summers is a girl from Kansas, who was stranded on the island along with the six other castaways. She was played by actress Dawn Wells, who continued the role in the three NBC-TV made for TV movies, Rescue from Gilligan's Island, The Castaways on Gilligan's Island and The Harlem Globetrotters on Gilligan's Island. She was voiced by Jane Webb in the The New Adventures of Gilligan.