[SunkenCiv]

An unexpected new insight from this study is that Citrullus appears to have initially been collected or cultivated for its seeds, not its sweet flesh, consistent with seed damage patterns induced by human teeth in the oldest Libyan material.

Image courtesy of Molecular Biology and Evolution

[KarlInOhio]

An early version of Jurassic Park featured watermelons instead of dinosaurs. It did not go over well with test audiences so they had to add CGI dinosaurs to improve the chase scenes.

[Red Badger]

Yellow Watermelon is MY personal fav.............................

[blam]

Egusi Melon

[Red Badger]

Can these seeds be germinated?.......................

[blam]

Egusi Melon

[BenLurkin]

Interesting!

[gnarledmaw]

I would question how unexpected this really was as its similar to the story of the squash. When we encountered it, it seemed obvious that those primitives were doing it all wrong. The selections seemed to be for seeds so we improved it until it had a much higher ratio of flesh. Subsequently it was discovered that the intent of a squash was a protein storage device, not a fruit based sugar storage system.

[Sirius Lee]

Seedy, not sweet: The Joe Biden Story.

[Harmless Teddy Bear]

They do realize that even today people still eat the seeds?

[al baby]