The Amazing History of Watermelon
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2 жыл бұрынIn this video, we take a look at the incredible journey the watermelon has been on throughout human history.
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@Fireoflearning 6 ай бұрын
Update - The corpse of Lady Lady Dai Xin Zhui, discovered 2 months after this video's publication, suggests watermelons arrived in China by about 200 BC. Thanks to eucitizen78 for bringing this up. en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xin_Zhui
@easye4741 2 жыл бұрын
Idk why but me clicking on the notification and hearing “the watermelon” is so funny
@LFord420 2 жыл бұрын
The wAtermelon
@takingitright 2 жыл бұрын
The Watermelon.
@peacejoy1396 2 жыл бұрын
*The Watermelon*
@friendly_sitie 2 жыл бұрын
which watermelon though?
@iandipasquale8406 2 жыл бұрын
@@friendly_sitie The
@TheMilward 2 жыл бұрын
This was the most interesting random subject I've learnt in quite a while
@nik07nik 2 жыл бұрын
Really? you need to get out more.
@AlfredSmallJohnson 2 жыл бұрын
A terrific way to spend my Wednesday evening
@sergioyumbe5466 2 жыл бұрын
Amen broda
@thescrewsareneatlyfastened 2 жыл бұрын
Exactly
@TRC_aka_TheRightCheek 2 жыл бұрын
That ending was bananas. B A N A N A S.
@dillona2349 2 жыл бұрын
Oh damn maybe you found the secret clue about his next video!
@jaredbaratta8589 2 жыл бұрын
I thought it was WATERMELONS, W.A.T.E.R.M.E.L.O.N.S
@enderplant 2 жыл бұрын
Bananas are yellow watermelons conformed.
@bernsteiner88 2 жыл бұрын
it was also nuts LOL!!!
@kajem575 2 жыл бұрын
@@enderplant Bananas are berries.
@johnwatkins4851 2 жыл бұрын
The watermelon shown in artwork at 7:30 can be the result of not enough water during growth and not necessarily some rare/lost cultivar. I got the same looking watermelons a few years ago during a drought.
@davidthedeaf Жыл бұрын
Ahhh…then perhaps there is a hidden meaning of the painting, such as the bounty after hard times, or survival of a drought and heatwave?
@deleted-something Жыл бұрын
Who knows
@mariamejia936 11 ай бұрын
No, we bred watermelons to have more edible flesh over several generations, as with corn.
@violasses Ай бұрын
@@davidthedeaf it's a still life so not likely. probably just got a bad melon
@eiliakashkoli2348 2 жыл бұрын
1:05 *Just For Knowing* This watermelon also grows in arid regions of Iran, it is called wolf cucumber in here, it is very bitter, but it is boiled with water and given to people with diabetes and is healthy for sugar blood (Sorry for my bad grammar)
@zackary1232 2 жыл бұрын
It's similar to bitter gourd or as they call it in my country (caraille), we cook it with salted fish and serve it with rice and dhaal (slit pea gravy)..also we boil the leaves to fight diabetes and it's used for cleansing the blood..but its very bitter!
@ryanhardy2777 2 жыл бұрын
Why the hell is no one talking about the end of the video 😂 my mans got a voice
@SwollFullReady2Roll 2 жыл бұрын
I ain't
@daedalus2726 2 жыл бұрын
No
@coyotestylepro1150 2 жыл бұрын
@@daedalus2726 Holla back
@carver3147 2 жыл бұрын
Girl
@bettyschneider5268 2 жыл бұрын
Lol 😂 💃🏻🕺🏼
@colemarie9262 2 жыл бұрын
That ending was like when your teacher says some wild shit just to see who's paying attention
@jamespenn5788 2 жыл бұрын
One of my favorite fruits. Especially while living in the Hot climates of the Southern USA. Where the watermelon is a summer staple. In the hot humid climates where you can easily get heat stroke. A watermelon is such a blessing. Full of potassium, water and sweetness. Sweeter in flavor when chilled and refreshing. I cut them up in 2" pieces and put the pieces in a container in the refrigerator to chill. When all the watermelon chunks are gone I drink the juice that is left. Delicious!!!
@zarkobojanic2141 2 жыл бұрын
Watermelon Is not fruit.
@melissagaynor5880 2 жыл бұрын
@@zarkobojanic2141 what do you think it is then
@zarkobojanic2141 2 жыл бұрын
@@melissagaynor5880 vegetables.similar famili to pumpkin and cucumber.
@zarkobojanic2141 2 жыл бұрын
@@melissagaynor5880 the fruit is perennial plant.
@truthplease3149 2 жыл бұрын
@@zarkobojanic2141 you have it backwards. Cucumbers and pumpkin aren't vegetables but are fruit the same as watermelon...
@emperorpenguin4663 2 жыл бұрын
Walking across the hot desert and you spot a water melon, what a heavenly gift!!!
@nemir0566 2 жыл бұрын
That ending you sang is spectacular, nice work
@maxiepattie85 2 жыл бұрын
I'm growing watermelon and THEY PICKED UP ON THAT! I'm putting drugs and bombs in mine to kill kill kill
@maxiepattie85 2 жыл бұрын
Kill your TV! nobody wants that
@LlamawithHat 2 жыл бұрын
@@maxiepattie85 cool
@AnomalousCat Жыл бұрын
He ain’t no holla back girl
@Brajany 2 жыл бұрын
The virgin politics video VS the Chad History of Watermelons video.
@S3aCa1mRa1n 2 жыл бұрын
Yes
@samfiadrangus9188 2 жыл бұрын
Fuck Incels.
@evan5935 2 жыл бұрын
@@Hollylivengood history of CHAD and CHAD-like behaviour 😉😉😏😏
@evan5935 2 жыл бұрын
@@Hollylivengood so in this case, its the CHAD-Like history of the watermelon. (As opposed to the virgin-like history)
@luotto8193 2 жыл бұрын
I love videos like this.
@UlpianHeritor 2 жыл бұрын
I still can't believe that black people were mocked for eating watermelon. Who on earth doesn't like watermelons? Honestly, I'd mock someone for not liking watermelon.
@shitsandgiggles9996 2 жыл бұрын
I've heard the stereotype comes from independent black farmers raising a lot of watermelon and chickens because they are easy and cheap to farm. So going by old timey logic. Black folk favoring watermelon and chicken is the same as being lazy. I don't remember where I heard this. So take what I say with a grain of salt.
@shitsandgiggles9996 2 жыл бұрын
Nvm he covered it here
@MotivateMoments2023 2 жыл бұрын
Africa is hot
@UlpianHeritor 2 жыл бұрын
Achik Pluto is cold..
@Duck681 Жыл бұрын
I don't like watermelon
@chrisedwards8066 2 жыл бұрын
The thing I love about this channel, apart from the informative and interesting content is Justin's own personality, the bizarre, spoken word versions of songs from Gwen Stefani and Averil Levigne etc to the outlandishly entertaining post about his "adventures" with Peanut the Capybara. You just know that there is a LOT going on in this man's mind and I feel blessed that we get to share it.
@Fireoflearning 2 жыл бұрын
Thank you lol
@Sebi076 2 жыл бұрын
I like how wild watermelons can survive extreme heat and dehydration and still produce fruit, while growing a domesticated watermelon requires perfect pampered conditions or else it would either die or not produce fruit.
@6kbps 2 жыл бұрын
actually have i've grown watermelon without any of that nonsense, just sowed seeds into soil and watered each day using an automatic system, no pruning or anything
@THall-vi8cp 2 жыл бұрын
That's the result of human selection. By controlled breeding and selecting for traits we want under controlled agriculture, we unknowingly select for plants that can only survive under conditions of modern agriculture. In other words, we weaken our own crops. This happens largely due to the heavy inbreeding required to produce stable, predictable varieties.
@mariecherrytree 2 жыл бұрын
Watermelon is one of my favorite foods, like not even just fruit. I will eat it over actual dinner.
@Varphi_ Жыл бұрын
Same!!!
@regsun7947 2 жыл бұрын
Think about this: cucumbers and a good watermelon (not like the ones I've tasted in the past few years that are pretty much only sweet and nothing else) have the same base flavor. Watermelon without sweet tastes almost just like a cucumber.
@gratefulila9980 2 жыл бұрын
Can make pickles out of the watermelon rind also
@suzettehenderson9278 2 жыл бұрын
Excellent point. I'm not a huge fan of watermelon, but eat some now and again. Can't stand cucumbers. Love the pickles, however.
@ANTSEMUT1 2 жыл бұрын
They are related.
@regsun7947 2 жыл бұрын
@@ANTSEMUT1 Indeed they are.
@luciatheron1621 2 жыл бұрын
In South Africa we make a preserve with the whitish part of the melon.
@TommyTheWalker 2 жыл бұрын
I remember when I was a kid in Sicily, going to the beach and seeing these immense fields of 🍉 it was so beautiful to see and the later on actually eating them, OMG! They were so sweet!
@ragingfred 2 жыл бұрын
It's fascinating that the history of fruit is as rich as the history of entire civilizations.
@texasborn2720 2 жыл бұрын
Can't wait till he does Maise or Corn next. That crop has changed the world than most any other crop certainly in the top five !
@texasborn2720 2 жыл бұрын
@Artax Indeed ! And corn silk is also used for many medical remedies such as bladder infections just to name one of many !
@coucoubrandy1079 Жыл бұрын
Ehm , maize in English is the same as corn in american. And there's many sorts of it.
@binkerooney5175 2 жыл бұрын
I feel like I’m obliged to subscribe after I’ve been taught a valuable lesson on my favourite fruit
@rueisblue 2 жыл бұрын
check out his other videos he mostly does history of nations but he has several on food history as well
@binkerooney5175 2 жыл бұрын
@@Juanmaligno better
@davidnotonstinnett 2 жыл бұрын
Berry*
@mikekazz5353 2 жыл бұрын
MF DOOM!!!
@genghiskhan6809 2 жыл бұрын
A single glass of watermelon smoothie can last me a whole day working the sun.
@MrPHBOY 2 жыл бұрын
Fun fact the Chinese word for Water Melon is 西瓜 (literally Western Melon) points to its origins from the Chinese perspective.
@lucaschiantodipepe2015 2 жыл бұрын
Kumquat in Italy is called "mandarino cinese" (Chinese tangerine ).
@irvinbethea7214 2 жыл бұрын
Damn y'all got kong- Fu, we can't have a damn fruit?
@thomashughes4859 2 жыл бұрын
You might consider doing one of these for the banana also. Interesting!
@lordharvey5199 2 жыл бұрын
There is nothing interesting about banana
@YardratZ 2 жыл бұрын
@@lordharvey5199 na bro. Bananas that we eat in America are not real bananas. That’s why they have no holes. It’s actually kinda deep.
@maxis2k 2 жыл бұрын
@@lordharvey5199 You clearly haven't seen videos about it. Like how we almost lost all types of Bananas to a plague. The wars fought over monopolizing it. And the Banana republics. Other people have done videos so you can look them up.
@nunyabiznes33 2 жыл бұрын
@@lordharvey5199 you just dissed the main staple in many African countries
@doommagic 2 жыл бұрын
@@Hollylivengood The terms "plantain" and "banana" simply refer to whether the fruit is used for primarily cooking or eating it as is/as a dessert. They're just different cultivars of the domesticated banana plant.
@trey85031 2 жыл бұрын
I made a big bowl of watermelon to eat while I watched this. It was delicious
@captainmurphy4720 2 жыл бұрын
You didn't just cut it in half and use the natural bowl it gives you?
@trey85031 2 жыл бұрын
@@captainmurphy4720 Nope I cut all the good stuff out, put it in tupperware, then give the natural bowl to the horses that live by me. They freakin love the rind.
@timmothycopeland4866 2 жыл бұрын
such an American thing to say one "made a bowl of......" . You didn't really make a bowl of anything. You may have filled a bowl with cut up fruit. But you didn't really make anything, other than potentially a mess and a turd or two.
@kajem575 2 жыл бұрын
You ate a bowl made of watermelon?
@IlluminatingWatches 2 жыл бұрын
I’m so pleased that there is a place on KZfaq where I can watch videos on stuff like the history of the watermelon. Awesome stuff
@Garf_malarf 2 жыл бұрын
This was the most unexpected yet interesting thing I’ve come across randomly in a long time.
@matwiw 2 жыл бұрын
"The earliest archeological remains of watermelon..." hehehehehehe why it sounds so funny
@keejsallyspirallie261 2 жыл бұрын
hehehehehe
@jeromedavid7944 2 жыл бұрын
My old kitty Munchie would turn down a plate of tuna for a bowl of watermelon chunks and juice. She's been gone since the summer of 2020 and I miss her greatly but always have a smile when enjoying a slice of melon thinking about my old buddy that crazy cat that loved watermelon!
@SFCKNZSD 2 жыл бұрын
I already know this is gonna be great
@MichaelKingsfordGray 2 жыл бұрын
Well, I learned something. Thank-you! A Correction: "Square" watermelons are, in fact, Piet Hien super-egg cuboid shape, and are NOT a result of genetic selection, but simply grown inside restricting boxes. They are non-heritable engineering changes to the shape.
@narmale 2 жыл бұрын
Duh....
@MichaelKingsfordGray 2 жыл бұрын
@@narmale Anonymous coward.
@coucoubrandy1079 Жыл бұрын
@@narmale he's right though, anybody would have guessed that . Maybe not some ?
@Numba003 2 жыл бұрын
This is the kind of content I love seeing in my feed. I love these sorts of occasional specific topic videos. Thank you. Stay well out there everybody, and God bless you friends. :)
@constatinexipalaeologus507 2 жыл бұрын
Watermelon- I knew I forgot something at the store!
@BigGrizzNYC 2 жыл бұрын
The level of seriousness is what makes this funny.
@mysteriousokapi4564 2 жыл бұрын
I’ve just discovered this channel today and it is already one of my favorites. I’m probably just going to watch these videos all day.
@Fireoflearning 2 жыл бұрын
Thank you!
@bingbonghafu 2 жыл бұрын
That outro caught me off guard
@busterbrown17 2 жыл бұрын
Fun educational ten minute videos fun for the whole family and curious bunch!!
@flyfish20six99 2 жыл бұрын
Dude, I love that your videos have a splash of randomness. You have found just the right mix. Kudos to you sir. *Tips hat*
@jobengals86 2 жыл бұрын
“Because I ain’t no holla back girl. I ain’t …. No holla back…. Girl.” 😂 😂
@mspears_bobobuddytheseniorcat 2 жыл бұрын
This was fascinating and then “I ain’t no holla back girl” got me laughing and wasn’t that about bananas?! 😹🎵 So random! ❤️👍
@thetrapboy 2 жыл бұрын
So far, ive watched your videos on Cinnamon, Pineapple and now Watermelon. You have great content. SUBBED.
@Zi7ar21 Жыл бұрын
I love loading up a plate with a delicious fruit/veggie, kicking back and relaxing to a video about the history of it!
@mathtonight1084 2 жыл бұрын
You really caught me off guard with that surprise reading of "Hollaback Girl" at the end
@dr.ofdragonstudies8114 2 жыл бұрын
I always thought watermelons came from the Americas. You learn something ever day!
@tee4212 2 жыл бұрын
Please do more of these with different fruits, I love your channel!!
@gaittr 2 жыл бұрын
Your channel is so unique and there's nothing like it on KZfaq. I think you do and wonderful job
@Kyubeylovessouls 2 жыл бұрын
Mom said I can watch one last video before bed as long as it's educational.
@Fireoflearning 2 жыл бұрын
Tell Mom I said thanks!
@couragecoachsam 2 жыл бұрын
Imagine being the leading expert on the history of the watermelon
@ladybearbaiter 2 жыл бұрын
Interesting info. My speculation is that the red color of the melon flesh and its sweetness developed due to changes and nutrients in the soil as it migrated across different areas.
@vladtheimpala5532 2 жыл бұрын
More likely selective propagation. You plant the seeds of the sweetest melons and throw the others away. That’s how we got most if not all of the fruit vegetables we have today. It’s quite different from that of years ago. I think he has a video on that subject. The Indians are responsible for the corn we have today. It didn’t used to look like this 🌽. It used to look more like this 🌾. It’s actually a type of grass like other grains such as wheat or barley. It was selectively propagated over many generations. Corn as we know it today didn’t exist in Europe before they knew about America.
@vladtheimpala5532 2 жыл бұрын
@A Z Too bad the seeds went with him. Those sound like delicious melons.
@vladtheimpala5532 2 жыл бұрын
@A Z That’s interesting. I live half a world away from there in the northwestern United States yet I have similar memories of eating watermelon in the summer with my cousins at my grandparent’s home when I was young. It was a highlight of my youth as well. Although they grew a lot of things in their garden and it was always better than what you could get at the store they didn’t grow their own melons. I’d love to try some homegrown watermelon. Maybe next year.
@vladtheimpala5532 2 жыл бұрын
Maybe in twenty years I’ll have come up with some sweet yellow watermelons. I care less for the color though than for the sweetness and flavor of the melons. I’m craving some watermelon now.
@vladtheimpala5532 2 жыл бұрын
@A Z Homegrown is almost always better. I think the reason for that is because they select for what looks the best on the shelf because that’s how people decide which produce to buy. Also for which is easier to grow and produces the highest yield not for what tastes the best. I have never tasted tomatoes as good as the ones my grandparents grew. I never even liked cantaloupe until I had some that I got from a roadside stand. It always seemed flavorless to me. It’s hard to find good cantaloupe in western Washington State where I live.
@siddokis2945 2 жыл бұрын
When I was young they were all the big oblong shaped type, now all I ever see are the round ones.
@axyxgaming7915 2 жыл бұрын
Thank you for your videos! I stumbled across them and have been binging through your library of work. Hello from Wasilla.
@thomvinson 2 жыл бұрын
Thanks for an informative production.
@vladtheimpala5532 2 жыл бұрын
I could just listen to your videos but then I’d miss out on the great illustrations. You have a great sense of humor too. You say funny things in a very serious tone of voice. I still chuckle when I think about Julius Caesar running into Karen at the grocery store where you got him a job. That’s a classic.
@iAmAnAstronaut 2 жыл бұрын
Curious if you have any information on the variety called “Ancient Watermelon” sold by Baker Creek Heirloom seed company. The seeds were discovered in a cave in Arizona in the 20’s and are believed to be the only variety that is native to North America. It is red fleshed but it’s shape is unique like that of a gourde.
@favoritemustard3542 2 жыл бұрын
Did you ever try them?
@IAmAnAstronaut005 2 жыл бұрын
@@favoritemustard3542 yes. I grow them every year. They are delicious with big red seeds.
@grevillemarchant1498 2 жыл бұрын
I can't believe I came across this video. I met Harry Perez many years ago in Northern Israel a small hilltop town called Yokne'am Illit. At that time Harry was developing the seedless watermelon that we enjoy these days. He is a fascinating chap and I have often dined out on our meeting and his work on watermelons.
@voidgeometry794 2 жыл бұрын
Great Video! I hope you keep it up with the food history. Thank You~!
@alerner1983 2 жыл бұрын
Excellent work. Thank you!
@nathansamuelson 2 жыл бұрын
Loving these videos, never knew we had such a storied history with melons
@thunderhammerx2966 2 жыл бұрын
Interesting, please tell us the history of the Durian or the Lime sometime.
@AchillesWrath1 2 жыл бұрын
I wonder if cantaloupe will be red and sweeter on the inside one day and we're just a little early in it's evolution?
@earlehugens8070 2 жыл бұрын
the paintings used are enough on their own.wish you could reference them for us,but that GStefani thing was whiplash snapping funny..did not see that one coming.thanks for your work.
@sarahwithanhyouheathen3210 2 жыл бұрын
I love this so much. Who knew watermelon history was so interesting? Also that painting of the first Thanksgiving is such horsecrap lol. I know it was shown because of the food, which is a valid reason. Please carry on with this series for as long as you like!
@Real11BangBang 2 жыл бұрын
We need the history of pumpkins next
@Tanu.90 2 жыл бұрын
You are just awsome man, my favorite channel on youtube. You helped me go through the worst years in my life. I hope one day I'll become rich to give you a truckload of money to continue do this! Thank you 😊
@Fireoflearning 2 жыл бұрын
Glad I could be of help!
@roger_001 2 жыл бұрын
First video I watched from this channel, really enjoyable and interesting but the ending is what made me subscribe lol
@ant-1382 2 жыл бұрын
This what I love about U-tube! Interesting tid-bits of information, that I would otherwise not really think about!
@icarolopes5855 2 жыл бұрын
Jesus Christ, that ending LOL
@jeremybrandt5779 9 ай бұрын
Watermelon is amazing. It tastes like it’s hydrating you as well
@titanwilkins4044 2 жыл бұрын
Now this is the content I needed to see.
@bobomcfoe8157 2 жыл бұрын
This video is wonderful and all it made me laugh every time you said "domesticated watermelon"
@CountryBwoy 2 жыл бұрын
It's so weird! While watching this video I actually started smelling watermelon! I haven't eaten any or much in years!
@surendersingal9122 Жыл бұрын
Fantastico history depiction Thank you sir.
@aaronlopez3585 2 жыл бұрын
I tend to be a Mango or Guava man but after this I'm sort a craving a nice cold slice.😋
@Portaldog 2 жыл бұрын
This is such a random video, I love it!
@scotnick59 2 жыл бұрын
here in Oregon, we are lucky to have lush Hermiston Watermelons in or around september
@72APTU72E 2 жыл бұрын
That was my jam in middle school, hollaback girl. Fuck it's been years thanks for that cover.
@theburrowrises8549 2 жыл бұрын
Telling my 9 year old the old saying: "you are what you eat" left her thinking for a moment before saying: "I am tuna. I am tuna, and watermelon."
@sigurdbigset 2 жыл бұрын
I realy like your videos, it's amazing that you started working at target
@mikeifyouplease 2 жыл бұрын
I really like the paintings of the famous Egyptian pyramids in the backgrounds. They really were very impressive back then with no other tall structures to interfere with their being seen from many miles away!!
@john-patrickcoane4919 2 жыл бұрын
Well, I learned something new. Love it.
@ayashiidesu 2 жыл бұрын
7:27 Italian painter: look I got a not red but weird looking watermelon! Let's draw it down and use it as a meme! Historian hundreds of years later: as you can see in this picture, watermelon looks very different from the one today.
@KevinMartin314 2 жыл бұрын
Subscribing just for that outro 10/10 singing my man. Lemme know when the concert is.
@lawrencetaylor4101 2 жыл бұрын
We had good growing conditions in Eastern Colorado. One great memory I have was going to the farmer's stands on the state highway coming in from the Southeast and buying cantelope but especially watermelon on warm summer evenings.
@camday3504 2 жыл бұрын
Wouldn’t be near “Rocky Ford” would it?
@jayeshjadhav5575 2 жыл бұрын
I am in love with this channel
@tyler-qr5jn 2 жыл бұрын
Was eating watermelon and decided to search for a video on it's origins. Now here I am
@onewayturtles 2 жыл бұрын
"So! What do you do for a living?" "I'm a watermelon historian."
@BigboiiTone 2 жыл бұрын
So interesting to see that white star dividing the lobes within the fruit. Today's watermelons are basically red fruit all the way through, with the white having been bred out. This is an example of the changes in fruit (that happened pretty recently!) that I am fascinated by. What other fruits have had changes such as this??
@bigbelix 2 жыл бұрын
Another great channel discovered, DOPE.
@joelnorton9742 2 жыл бұрын
Origins of all modern foods. Facinating
@eiliakashkoli2348 2 жыл бұрын
Most of them are from Asia
@MotivateMoments2023 2 жыл бұрын
@@eiliakashkoli2348 And watermelon came from Africa There is no wild Watermelon in Asia or outside Africa
@Tonyburge 2 жыл бұрын
This is about to blow up
@quinnfischer9624 2 жыл бұрын
took me a while to get the clue at the end! im very exited about this new sirese
@profoundpronoun4712 2 жыл бұрын
Well done!
@_MISTY-RAIN_ 2 жыл бұрын
This is my favourite one of your videos
@ramonpadilla3408 2 жыл бұрын
Both educational and funny👍👍
@alistairt7544 2 жыл бұрын
Me eating a slice of watermelon while watching this video: Interesting
@larrybrennan1463 2 жыл бұрын
Mark Twain had this to say: The true Southern watermelon is a boon apart, and not to be mentioned with commoner things. It is chief of this world's luxuries, king by grace of God over all the fruits of the earth. When one has tasted it, he knows what the angels eat. It was not a Southern watermelon that Eve took: we know it because she repented.
@georgehunter2813 2 жыл бұрын
There are no coke machines in the Kalahari desert. Thank goodness for watermelons.
@super-saiyankase4224 2 жыл бұрын
Outro won my sub 100%
@deleted-something Жыл бұрын
This makes so much sense for being berries since they have thick crust they could grow so giant over time