Why Is There Another Pepper Inside My Pepper?

It's Taco Tuesday and you're chopping up some tasty bell peppers for that nice sweet crunch. But what's this? A pepper inside your pepper? Is nature playing a prank on you or is there more to it?
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[@siyacer]

Stem skills eh?

[@cezarcatalin1406]

So you say we can have a pepper inside a pepper inside another giant pepper ?

[@JavierFernandez01]

Where is Muscle Hank?!

I always thought that it was the other way around, a pepper outside my pepper.

[@sdfkjgh]

@@cezarcatalin1406: Yo dawg! Also, kzbin.info/www/bejne/mYK7ZWxvqM6qb8U

[@merlinthewizard]

Gosh, SciShow answers the best questions

[@toastour]

Agreed

[@Yume03]

Yeah! I clicked so fast :). It’s the kind of thing I always wanted to know but never searched for it myself haha

[@bluesap7318]

Now they need to make one on oranges

[@semaj_5022]

Their patrons are 100% asking the right questions lol

[@MunchaosenbySlaw]

I've always wondered! Thanks SciShow!

[@kevinbealer6320]

My wife was making some food that used tomatoes and one of them had something that looked like a worm burrowing through it. She is pretty squirmish, so she screamed and backed away from it. I looked at it, dug out the worm-like thing, and found that it was a tomato seed that sprouted inside the skin of the tomato. I had never seen that before, and I thought it was pretty cool. My wife still wouldn't go near it though.

[@sdfkjgh]

@Kevin Bealer: I've seen that before. I tried planting them. They didn't grow. Also saw it in an apple, with the exact same results.

[@Mtz2604]

Dude if I'm cooking, anything that looks like a worm will make me jump. I hate worms and slugs and maggots. Once I got a lettuce (I was a kid, so my mom allowed me to do the salads) and started washing the veggie all happy when suddenly, I grab a little leaf, getting closer to the center, and a motherfucking huge ass slug of nightmares almost touched my hand and fell into the sink and the salt of the previous leaves made the slug awfully contort itself. I threw the rest of the head of the lettuce, scream like a maniac and everyone thought I cuted my finger or something.. nah was a 2 and a ¼ inches fugly slug. Moral of the story: cut the base of the head of the lettuce first. Then rinse it with plenty water, take leaves away, carefully examine them, put them straight into a bowl with water and a bunch of salt. Let them be there for 10 to 15 minutes and rinse them again. Some people go so nuts that they use 3L of water and a drop of bleach. I hate bleach. Rather use baking soda and vinegar or lemon, but salt is quite enough

[@alisoncircus]

I always buy tomatoes on the vine because I live by myself and eat them sporadically, and "on the vine" they last a great deal longer so I can have my one or two and leave them a week before I have to eat more of them. They also tend to sprout a LOT of their seeds if you leave them long enough. But I've had no better luck with growing them than sdfkjgh has. No idea why not, given how many I've had sprout.

[@PaulSteMarie]

@@alisoncircus Those inner seeds that sprout are probably second generation hybrids, which are generally less viable than the first generation hybrids.

[@T3sl4]

Yep, viviparous tomatoes happen from time to time -- often the whole fruit's seeds sprout and you get an eldritch horror. :o

[@ThePLAYBC]

I always feel bad when a pepper has a small one inside always seems like the pepper was „pregnant“

[@limiv5272]

You could say peppers are always pregnant, after all the seeds contain embryos

[@user-ko4zp1wm2i]

@@limiv5272 No. It is a Seed. It's like a Egg Cell that waits for Sperm like they said in the Video..

[@lyndsaybrown8471]

It is a double fruiticide

[@JavierFernandez01]

That pepper had a child...

[@inciMoawad]

I had once a pepper full with "baby peppers" well I've never seen this before and showed it to my friend and she said I'm a Monster for killing a mom pepper with 4 baby peppers inside 🤣

[@willowarkan2263]

Ah plants, my unfertilised egg cell decided to become a plant anyway, cause when in doubt turn into more plant.

[@MrSpartaco1999]

I'm a strong independent ovule that needs no polen to turn into a plant

[@bryant677]

Would it be considered a tumor?

[@kingjames4886]

@@bryant677 don't think so, probably more like supernumerary body parts.

[@alexi2369]

The video i didn't ask for but i definitelly needed it. Too many years in the dark...

[@ChefBoyareB]

I feel Hank's choice of wardrobe and hair style this episode is very reminiscent of Peter Parker in Spiderman 3.

[@DavidJVMusic]

definitely looks like the Spiderman 3 film Emo Peter Parker dance makeup?

[@re_patel]

Looks more like the hair do of fellow science you tuber, Joe Hansson

[@Kyle-gw6qp]

Thanks I can't unsee that

[@a-goblin]

maybe his patrons can ask him to reinact part of that goofy ass emoparker montage

[@ohwiseone7069]

Let’s hope Hank is a better dancer.

[@greenboy1916]

“Chop it up and put it in your taco“ sounds like one of the best phrases to come out of 2020 and I would like it very much if there was merchandise with this.

[@mrmoshpotato]

"Good news everyone!" -Professor Farnsworth

[@tekrunner987]

It's a suppository!

[@Polishock]

Literally asked myself that question two hours before the video was posted.

[@omgitshornz9545]

Me too

[@flyhigh9944]

PoliShock I asked myself this two years before the video was posted.

[@CheekyPseudonym]

He knew 😉

[@Lightning_Lance]

This seems to happen a lot.

[@mc230mc]

Same here

[@JokerLurver]

We call them "twofers", as in two for the price of one. Always a happy surprise.

[@squireltag1000]

I recently cracked an egg, and found a second shell inside the first, with a mini yoke. I took pictures because i thought it was weird. Ive been buying free range since then lol

[@cuckoophendula8211]

I guess scrolling down and not seeing a single joke mentioning "Pepperception" probably means that the joke likely outlived its fad period

[@annoyingplant458]

I found a pepper in a pepper in a pepper once. Felt like opening up a matryoshka doll of vegetables.

[@Thesnakerox]

So if a worm or something eats through that tiny pepper, could you call it Carpel Tunnel?

[@sofia.eris.bauhaus]

only if youre a bad boy/girl.

[@lawnmowerdude]

Ba boom tiss

[@safaiaryu12]

My great aunt first told me this could happen, and taught me to shake peppers at the store to see if there was a baby inside of it. She's been gone for about ten years now, but baby peppers always remind me of her. Thanks, SciShow. :')

[@DarkAlkaiser]

Well Billy, when a mommy pepper and a daddy pepper really love each other...

[@LightningSe7en]

In my experience, I see this with oranges.

[@QuinnEthanR]

Y'all never disappoint on the titles and thumbnails

[@flametitan100]

The answer was about what I expected, though I like learning about the mechanisms behind the things you don't usually think about

[@jasonwebb1882]

And just think about what you are smelling when you stick you nose into a beautiful flower. Lol

[@miriam3848]

And then you get pollen all over your nose! Ew!!!!!!

[@itzybitzyspyder]

I've stuck my nose into worse...

[@jasonwebb1882]

@@itzybitzyspyder we probably all have and enjoyed it too. Lol

[@LNMarls]

@@itzybitzyspyder Ha Haaaaaaaaa Did you smell your finger afterwards too, because I bet you stuck that in first?

[@kabukimanindahouse]

i prefer sticking my nose in butt cracks

[@ianmacfarlane1241]

Having been a chef for twenty years I've cut open a lot of bell peppers, so I've come across this dozens of times - they're actually very tasty and incredibly crunchy. It's a little treat. ✌️

[@jeskoumm]

Hank has a hankering for Pips on his tacos...hahahah good one! Try strawberry crepes 👌🤤

[@Avoxalus]

This is the plant version of having a evil twin head growing out of your neck 🤣

[@alpha-yw1mw]

who here has nrver seen a pepper with a pepper inside ? THIS IS THE FIRST TIME IVE HEARD ABOUT IT

[@chestersnap]

I see it all the time but I probably eat at least 3 bell peppers a week so that could be why

[@darquequeen2323]

Usually in red or yellow ones. I’ve never seen it in a green bell pepper.

[@Benzy670]

Darque Queen I have. Green, red, and yellow bell peppers all have it happen. I used to cut them every single day in a kitchen.

[@garethbaus5471]

It is pretty common, the internal pepper is often a little deformed so it tends to look more like a tumor than anything.

[@sdfkjgh]

@@garethbaus5471: southpark.cc.com/full-episodes/s02e05-conjoined-fetus-lady

[@gregcampwriter]

It's a bonus pepper.

[@delmymelendez]

“Chop it up and put it in your taco” love it, that alone gets my thumbs up lol

[@TheOtherNeutrino]

Xzibit: My time has come.

[@drewdurant3835]

I am glad this question was answered

[@deonlatchman3283]

Thank you everybody at sci show for these awesome videos

[@gawayne1374]

Imagine how disturbing it would be if we had the same reproductive defense mechanisms as parsnips

[@Katyaleigh]

This happened to me just the other day!! Perfect timing on this explanation :)

[@cayuga2532]

Your videos are so good, and you answer the best questions that everyone was looking for an answer to! You just earned a new subscriber! ^_^

[@marissazerod3629]

I was so curious about this! Thank you for the Knowledge!

[@supersosiska]

Mr Green, haven't seen you in a while. Was afraid you might have gotten something... Phew, good to see you teaching us 😊. Stay safe!

[@rh5971]

Where I come from, that little pepper in the pepper is a delicacy! Offering it to someone is a sign of love and respect if a family member and a symbol of appreciation if offered to a guest. They are extremely sweet and delicious!!!

[@LandinngGear]

When I worked in a kitchen, I cut a palm-sized bell pepper to julienne it and inside was not only a second pepper it completely filled the inside of the first.

[@sarahchicago]

Whoa that's so cool! When I worked the fresh-cut produce at the grocery store, I cut into a bell pepper and saw that I cut a mini pepper inside as well, and it was shaped just like a human embryo!

[@xenos_n.]

@@sarahchicago that's just creepy 😂

[@cloud4323]

Wait when did oranges lose their seeds,even the one I am eating right now has got a lot of it.

[@larry5289]

Seedless fruits are genetically engineered. This would never happen naturally as they would just go extinct if they weren’t able to produce seeds.. which grow the next generation of plants

[@cloud4323]

I got a seedless orange. But it tastes wierd..... How do I put this, It's like all sugar water, unlike the tangy flavor that i love,it's as sweet as it is boring, It's more fun when you don't know Whether the next piece is sweet or sour, But with this orange it's plain boring.

[@cloud4323]

@@larry5289 Thank you for an idea, I guess I will mix in some lemon with the orange pieces close my eyes and nose and eat them It will be a lot of fun,Why don't you try it out as well guys???😁

[@cloud4323]

@@Gandhi_Physique You are right it is hard to get the seedful grapes in the market but the ones with seeds do better if you ask me,they are worth the trouble, Don't you agree???

[@Cobaeby]

It's not exactly a two for one special when they charge you for the weight of the peppers

[@lordgarion514]

Around here, Bell peppers are sold by the pepper, not by weight. Never seen them sold by weight.

[@wernerhiemer406]

@@lordgarion514 Here peppers are sold by weight, kiwis by fruit also cucumbers and pineapples.

[@lordgarion514]

@@wernerhiemer406 Everything you listed is sold by item. But hot peppers are by the pound. Even navel oranges are sold individually. Pretty sure it's a money maker for them. People here would kinda freak a little paying around $1.80 a pound for bell peppers. But they don't seem to mind the smaller peppers going for the same price as the big ones.

[@aaron4ism]

Stocking up, it's a PREPPER 😉

[@aaron4ism]

I cracked myself up with this one 😂😂😂

[@charmh.422]

I've seen chickens pecking at a pepper bush. I was surprised that chickens ate peppers. They came back to that bush everyday until there were none left. So it makes sense why some plants make decoy fruit with no seeds... this is so interesting! Thanks for another great video!

[@kwanarchive]

Why is there cake inside my capsicum?

[@mygalsiii]

OMG... this may sound extreem but thank you. Thank you all. I would never have wanted to waste the time of greater minds on a concern like this one... but always wanted to! So relieved to know that these are safe LoL! It's nice to know I wasn't the only person concerned about this enough to come up.

[@Sabatuar]

Ironically this very thing happened to me when I was cutting up bell peppers tonight. Then I see this video in my notifications.

[@RustyTube]

Do their hearts get lonely? And if so, do they form Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band?

[@ngombordadoattay7982]

This very day I found a pepper inside a pepper and put that pepper, along with the pepper I found it in, inside, along with several other ingredients, a curry sauce, and everything turned out fine.

[@thejamesthird]

I had a pepper in a pepper in a pepper before! The largest parent pepper was also split into two discrete three lobed bodies connected by one stem! Love freaky fruits!

[@johningham1880]

“Predators, like wild parsnips”. Absolute nightmare fuel

[@kieronireikets7884]

I found a really fun baby one the other day and I showed my dad and it freaked him out. It was pretty funny.

[@y.i.2518]

I just found a tiny pepper inside a pepper JUST TODAY, it's like you knew about it and made the video a few hours later!!

[@cassiebecker6644]

More pepper facts w/ Hank Green!

[@Benzy670]

I used to see this all the time when I was cutting bell peppers every day in a kitchen. Green, yellow, and red bell peppers all have this happen.

[@jm-ib7tb]

Yeeeessss! Thank you! Wondered what that is for so long.

[@xxx-ed3sk]

This. Was. Needed.

[@ldority123]

Plus, "parthenocarpy" is such fun to say!

[@gircakes]

Same with parsnips.

[@istvansipos9940]

it sounds like a small, extinct fish

[@xenos_n.]

Parthenocarpy sounds like the name of a death metal band.

[@istvansipos9940]

if they have cute, wee fishy on their T-shirts. Preferably and extinct one.

[@nasonguy]

My Habanero plant so far has produced all peppers with baby peppers inside. Now I know why. Thing is just itching to grow more delicious peppers for me!

[@AverytheCubanAmerican]

Pepper inside a pepper, *pepperception*

[@1voluntaryist]

In Sacramento, 1950s, my strawberry patch produced a berry with another berry growing out of the top. The bottom berry started to get over ripe so I had to pick it before the top berry got ripe.

[@aznable1000]

Yo dawg, I heard you like peppers, so we put a pepper in your pepper so you can pepper while you pepper.

[@jall3ri]

i'm a pepper he's a pepper she's a pepper we're a pepper wouldn't you like to be a pepper too?

[@Lovehandels]

I always wondered about this. They taste so good

[@panqueque445]

He put a pepper inside another pepper, funniest thing I've ever seen.

[@EverythingScience]

I just want to know how much brilliant pays to be the sponsor of every video....

[@stacyl6646]

Congrats on 1k, you'll be huge one day

[@cheese790]

Enough to have an editor, animator, writer and hosts with 100k views with 6m subs

[@mrbobinski]

Lol. Also ur channel is great

[@lucasmunton5574]

"Chop it up and put it in your taco" is something I am going to say from now on

[@wowdavey1146]

I make a big deal about eating the peppers child and make the parent pepper watch!

[@MyPerfectMischief]

Wow Davey - I love this 😆

[@enderwiggins8248]

Bro I was cutting a pepper and I found three peppers inside and it freaked me the f*** out and I started freak out crying until my dad just ate it

[@booskie4316]

I got my first seedless pepper just the other day. I've had dozens of the little peppers inside of bell peppers before.

[@starlessstephtx]

Fructus in fructu

[@bobbygirl5092]

Yes! I was wondering the same and figured the same

[@maenad1231]

YO DAWG, WE HEARD YOU LIKE PEPPERS SO...

[@datemasamune2106]

I've been waiting for this video and you know damn well that you have, too.

[@faylinameir]

We call those mini peppers "tumors" and they are my husband's favorites.. I think they're bitter. Either way totally edible!

[@healinggrounds19]

I love them too! Chomp!

[@LordOceanus]

Ok seriously WHAT? I was cutting up a bell pepper today and had this happen... talk about coincidence.

[@ezekielmartin4323]

Wild

[@starlessstephtx]

Ours was 13 minutes ago. They uploaded this the minute this happened to me. I almost thought Google was listening and recommending the video. Then I realised it was a brand new video. Lol

[@JM1993951]

Yes. This happened to me the other day. The inner pepper was almost big enough to stuff along with the host pepper.

[@OlivioSarikas]

I call it a demon pepper baby 😂

[@AkaAkoVT]

While I haven't seen many bell peppers with them, I did notice a bunch when I grew habaneros one year! They were cool, though very very spicy.

[@DSfan81]

I saw this video title and actually was 'oh thank god yes I need this knowledge'

[@karinasilva8932]

Very informative, thanks! I've got one today and it seemed so weird to me🤣

[@XenXenOfficial]

Questions I never thought I needed the answer to

[@jamesowens7148]

Thanks Monstanto shil. I love seedless anything.

[@brendakrieger7000]

Thank you🌶

[@CultOfAthena_]

I thought it was a pepper tumor.

[@oscarinacan]

No, it's not a tumor.

[@sweetteacurls]

😩😂😂😂

[@AviChetriArtwork]

@@oscarinacan Ok, Arnold.

[@azura6580]

If I could smash the like button any more, I totally would! 👍 👍 👍 I work with food and see a lot of peppers inside of other peppers. It's pretty cool.

[@irinaphoenix2169]

Pepper worms!!! The best part of the pepper!

[@alexanderzarris1170]

Absolutely no one: SciShow: PePpEr In A pEpPeR!

[@itzybitzyspyder]

What if the pepper growing on the pepper calls me Quaid and tells me to activate the machine?

[@Shadowk556]

Sometimes it amazes me the vastness of science for us to explain universal phenomenon, but when someone asks you why some peppers have seedless smaller peppers inside them we literally don’t know they answer

[@LaGataSolar]

Nature is so smart

[@kingjames4886]

the peppers I grow do this all the time... generally find a few every year.

[@samrakita4279]

Is it the same thing when you find I tiny orange in your big orange?

[@itsnotyouitsme_]

Good to know. I've found peppers in peppers lots of times. Also, Hank's hair looks darker. Heard on the podcast that he doesn't use shampoo.

[@DavidJVMusic]

hanks look... film makeup?

[@jaySy200]

i just one with 1/3of its size inside and fully grown. the one inside is completely seedless. the other have only around 10 seeds

[@arnaldorentes5371]

Some parthenocarpic and seedless fruits that I know lose in flavor, compared to the original varieties, with seeds. Watermelon, persimmons and grapes, for example. I don't know if this is inherently caused by the parthenocarpy itself.

[@swayback7375]

These have a much tougher skin like plastic

[@YoTrigga]

Lol I got me I tiny pepper.. The pepper that never grew !! Micro peppayyy !!! But the lady's seem to dig it !! Lol much ❤️ 💯 Tiny peppers need love 2

[@michaelesposito2629]

A minute of commercial on a less than 4 minute clip. Brilliant.

[@mc230mc]

This literally happened to me earlier today and I had never seen it before and now you release a video about it what are the odds

[@Bricksandmortars]

Get them quite often not that rare

[@arithmetikmilitantpoetry9548]

Never seen this as far as i 'member

[@FusionDeveloper]

Thank you.

[@AuntBibby]

yo we heard you like spicy food so we put peppers in your peppers so you don’t have to pepper your peppers

[@lindarodriguez2538]

I just found one of these yesterday! I was wondering about it.