It is called "King of the Fruits" not for nothing, you know.
this post was submitted on 19 Sep 2025
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king of stank. hyrk.
The Conqueror Haki that makes the weak faint.
bro when it's banned on the subway. hrrk.
I'm going to need some source for this
Ablative heat shield. Someone call NASA
The phone lines have been defunded sorry.
Damn. What about their carrier pigeon receiver towers?
Russian fat cats got involved
While impressive, especially realizing that video is sped up 3.5x, steel will fare that test better
Thank god the terminids haven’t figured this out.
What makes you think they haven't?
They are holding their best in reserve
Yeah that shit looks pretty fuckin burnt there bud
Not anything below the skin.
Would you like to compare with steel in same situation?
I would, yeah
It wouldn't look burnt.
Ughhh imagine living in a house made of Durian!?!?
under the sea
Are you ready?!?!?
Not really that surprising, a lot of natural materials have really good insulating qualities. Considering that it's mostly cellulose and water, I wouldn't really really think it would be flammable unless dried out.
Any organic material will combust at 3300C given enough time
Yes. The OP posted the video, it's clearly an ablative protection.
woah that's so cool, so the expanding steam is making a barrier across the surface of the skin!?!?
if you shot a durian at the sun, how close could it get before burning up?
would it form a tiny atmosphere with microscopic weather patterns and have a comets tail of steam?
While there's definitely a distance at which you could teleport a durian at which it would form a cute micro-comet, it would be practically invisible. Comets are huge things, 100s of meters to kilometers across. The only way you'd be able to appreciate the durian micro-comet would be if you were right next to it. Conveniently, you'd also be able to appreciate the "you" micro-comet you'd form.
for all of 0.0000004 seconds
Breath of the Wild lied to me about durians.
I tried to research that, but couldn't find anything. Seems they quickly rot, even at moderately warm temperatures. I have to call bullshit.
Prefect for reentry into the planets atmosphere.
It stinks up the whole atmosphere tho.
Wait, can durian be use for bombardment from orbit?
Is somehow being launched into space & colonising order planetary systems in durios life cycle??
"Withstand" is a strong word. It charred a groove into the durian in a minute or so.
Oooooh, great answer, but you didn't say "Um, Actually" so I cannot award you the point. 
Okay, wow, it was true all along. Thanks for sharing that cool video!