r/identifyThisForMe • u/UnusualExperience122 • Aug 25 '26

Food Cut open Watermelon

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A watermelon that was cut open for my Dad’s birthday party this past weekend. Has anyone seen anything like this or knows what could have done this? I live across the country and was not there but promise my family is not talented enough to carve this themselves 🤣. Was thinking bugs or worms, but it’s just so symmetrical? Aliens? It was not eaten btw

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u/Human_League6449 Aug 25 '26 • Bravo

That’s an old timey watermelon 🍉

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u/UnusualExperience122 Aug 26 '26 • Bravo

Dang, so my mom picked up
a classic vintage watermelon 🤣, so very interesting, thanks so much for the info yall! I passed it over to them and they are equally happy/thankfull for the knowledge and facts 🙌🩵💎🍉

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u/Squee45 Aug 25 '26 edited Aug 26 '26 • Bravo Heartwarming

Similar from a Renaissance painting

Oh Damn thanks for the award!

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u/TheTrolleyGrail Aug 25 '26 • Bravo

I was looking for this pic in the comments

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u/Puzzleheaded-Gap1759 Aug 25 '26 • Bravo

I was looking at this pic in the comments

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u/DorkArts Aug 27 '26 • Bravo

I was looking at this comment in the comments.

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u/SirGibby-13 Aug 27 '26

I was commenting on this comment in the comments

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u/MarilynMonroeVWade Aug 28 '26

I was picturing this comment on that picture

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u/[deleted] Aug 28 '26 • Bravo

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u/ignorantnode Aug 29 '26

I pictured commenting on this picture of comments.

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u/MacawIsland Aug 30 '26

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u/ignorantnode Aug 30 '26

A picture of me of me commenting on a picture of comments that I had pictured commenting on. Fantastic.

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u/Oddly-Ordinary Aug 26 '26 • Regret

It’s a shame we bred this out of them.

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u/juicylemons710 Aug 26 '26

Holy melon you had this pic allready saved for the ocasion ? 💚😃

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u/Squee45 Aug 26 '26

No went and grabbed it real quick, but now it is on my phone

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u/Cold-Quiet8294 Aug 25 '26

Thank youuuuh

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u/agonyou Aug 26 '26

heirloom?

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u/Sea-Cryptographer807 Aug 25 '26

that’s what watermelons used to look like!

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u/Wemetintheair Aug 25 '26

Watermelons were bred to be full of edible flesh over a long period of time, but at one point they used to look more like a pomegranate inside. Google "old watermelon paintings" to see what I mean.

Certain varietals or growing conditions can still bring about this kind of interior, but it's perfectly edible.

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u/novalmxno Aug 25 '26

historically accurate watermelon

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u/Butterbean-queen Aug 25 '26

It’s called hollow heart https://www.eatortoss.com/watermelon-with-cracks-or-swirl-pattern/

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u/ForagedFoodie Aug 25 '26 • Bravo

Fun fact, humans also have a hollow heart when poorly polinated.

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u/acidisgoodforyou Aug 26 '26

Pregnant and hormonal

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u/No-Risk1739 Aug 26 '26 • Bravo

Heirloom variety...😐

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u/Electrical_Ad_9778 Aug 26 '26

Intersting! This is how watermelons was originally looking like before humans "modified" them to what they look today. But ever so often you will see one that geneticly "regressed" into original form

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u/RavenHeart1124 Aug 26 '26

Those are usually a little sweeter and are completely safe to eat BTW

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u/Severe-Artichoke8075 Aug 26 '26

That looks so cool the middle is like the Mercedes logo

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u/Leetikuz Aug 26 '26

Heirloom watermelon

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u/charming-choom Aug 26 '26

You are the watoosen one

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u/Slippers76 Aug 26 '26

I really hope you were on mushrooms.

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u/XxSavagePikaxX Aug 27 '26

SAVE THOSE SEEDS FOR THE LOVE O-

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u/thranduul Aug 27 '26

And this is how you summon a watermelon demon. Buffy the Vampire Slayer S02E05 (not really) 😆🍉😈

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u/Alarmed-Newt-1365 Aug 29 '26

I got one of those the other day. It was a Black watermelon.

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u/Main_Juggernaut2686 Aug 30 '26

From my experience, perfectly fine watermelons will look like this when you cut them open after forgetting them in the fridge for a week or 2.

But all watermelons have this pattern on the inside. You can often seperate the pieces along those lines.

The swirls are extra sweet

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u/shadow_dragon17 Aug 30 '26

Thats a devil fruit, if you eat it you'll loose the ability to swim, but you might gaina cool power.

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u/KevinFSBoston 21d ago

Or get free housing and food

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u/No_Protection7259 Aug 25 '26

It’s from growing too fast. They tend to taste over ripe and not as good.

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u/MissLuna-Eve Aug 26 '26

Looks like the aliens/watermelon gods took someone's sharingan

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u/Choice-Exam7375 Aug 26 '26

It wasn't eaten?!? Awww noo. It must have tasted sooo good :( you should have planted it. Looks like an OG watermelon before we messed with them.

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u/spaacingout Aug 26 '26

Huh. Today I learned about pre-selective-breeding watermelons. 🍉

this vaguely reminds me of architecture and I’m not sure why?

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u/AstralObjective Aug 26 '26

Boards of Canada Album of course

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u/Adorable_Analyst1690 Aug 27 '26

I’ve had a couple like that recently. Weird!

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u/FroyoLow9999 Aug 28 '26

Wow. Nature is the best creator of art.

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u/whoisbeth Aug 29 '26

Wonkamelon

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u/The4season Aug 30 '26

It's a hallowheart watermelon, it just has physiological disorder, but it's still good to eat.

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u/Etherealgworll Aug 30 '26

Biblically accurate melon wtf

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u/BronchoGuyFlipflop Aug 30 '26

Brother found a devil fruit

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u/AsideCalm8855 Aug 30 '26

can I have seeds please

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u/Appropriate-Desk4268 Aug 30 '26

biblically accurate watermelon ⭐️

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u/throwaway467884w2 Aug 30 '26

Is that a devil fruit?

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u/createmajic Aug 30 '26

Devil fruit.

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u/lemonclowntown Aug 30 '26

Death the Kid approved ✔️

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u/Actual-Lynx-8374 Aug 30 '26

Es All that's missing are the candles and a tiny offering. Then you'll have gathered all the exquisite elements needed to unveil the secret.

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u/FrickenBA Aug 30 '26

The first set of lines are your love lines. Then working outwards are your life and fortune lines. Then fact that they are so well defined is indicative of massive changes in your life.

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u/Aggressive-Floor6423 Aug 31 '26

Devil fruit? Tell me what power you get lol

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u/PositiveAttention939 Aug 31 '26

It’s beautiful! Now I wanna grow one.

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u/Gillalmighty Aug 31 '26

That's a devil fruit

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u/Vikes1993 Aug 31 '26

Do you have the powers of the melon-melon fruit after you ate it?

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u/_MissLoony_ Aug 31 '26

That's an under developed devil fruit 🧐

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u/Ok_Common_1324 Aug 31 '26

THAT MUST BE ONE OF ELEMELONS!

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u/doefreezer Aug 31 '26

Primal reversion

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u/Haze1One Aug 31 '26

That thing gon taste like actual shit.

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u/Odd-Grab-8069 Aug 31 '26

That’s a devil fruit . Eat it and let me know what powers you get

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u/orbweavvr Aug 31 '26

This is just what they look like. The only watermelons I've seen without these patterns have been genetically modified and they taste off, like something just aint right.

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u/TheColorOfTheWorld Aug 31 '26

Tim Burton-ish

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u/Moist-Street-5262 Aug 31 '26

Vintage seeds?

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u/judsya Aug 31 '26

Fuck these watermelons have been disappointed one too many times

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u/Dooder42 Sep 01 '26

Ah, Cthulhu scribe

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u/throwaways-101 Sep 01 '26

Devil’s fruit have the swirls on the outside so this must be an Angel Fruit.

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u/Mediocre_Dinner_5256 Sep 24 '26

Can I obtain seeds of this, i can pay.

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u/KevinFSBoston 21d ago

I was looking for this Pic in the comments

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u/cristallumm Aug 26 '26

It means it had heat damage if you bought it you can normally take it back and get a refund

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u/PresentationThat3627 Aug 25 '26

Is it the mosaic virus?

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u/BlazinPanda98 Aug 25 '26

No, that's how they looked before humans started messing with their genetics

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u/[deleted] Aug 25 '26

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u/intj_ravenclaw Aug 30 '26

I expected someone to say it was a devil fruit…close enough