YouTuber Photo Owl Time Lapse brings us an up close and personal view of what happens to a watermelon as it ages. He carved a hole into the melon, removed a large part of the fruit and juice, and installed a GoPro camera. He also drilled a hole to provide light for the video.
The first thing that happens is due to gravity. We find out that even a watermelon that has been drained retains a lot of water, which pools at the bottom. Then over time, gasses form and bubble up and mold and other fungus moves in. Meanwhile, the juice stagnates and the upper part starts to dry out. We can enjoy it because we aren't subject to the smell. Eventually, the top of the fruit collapses and the camera is drawn back. But the rotting goes on for twice as long -for 128 days in all! By that time the putrid juice is drying up, but it's so toxic that it peels the paint off the inside of the container. Let's hope this happened nowhere near the videographer's living quarters. -via Boing Boing
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