First, the fetid stench of the disease-laden Senne river caused many to leave the city. Horses generally present with signs of colic before developing profuse, watery, fetid diarrhea. The leaves, when crushed or bruised, give off an unpleasant fetid smell. The crushed foliage and immature fruit have a strong fetid smell. The flowers have a distinctly sweet, fetid smell that attracts flies, gnats, and beetles. Fetid diarrhoea is an obvious indication so that fluid faeces are examined for immature flukes. Catalan dragons also can emit a fetid odor, which can rot away anything it touches. All parts of the plant have the distinctive fetid smell. These flies are attracted to the odor of fetid meat and help pollinate this plant. These flies are attracted to the odor of fetid meat, they help pollinate this plant. Over time, the grove had become overgrown and the spring became fetid. " By the 14th day, "The exhalations from the mouth and head [are] horribly fetid. "Putorius" is the Latin word for "fetid odor". He had chronic diarrhoea, which was said to be "fetid beyond all conception". Thus the area was not only wet, but fetid.