Why does this bell pepper look like this?

[u/divadelirium]

[u/narrow_octopus]

Huh that's crazy It looks like somebody performed surgery on it and then stitched it back up but that couldn't be what it is, could it?

[u/Khalazer → u/narrow_octopus]

Drug smuggling

[u/theredditorlol → u/narrow_octopus]

My first thought looks too clean tbh

[u/gothhrat]

the top comments on this explain two possible reasons.

[u/gothhrat → u/gothhrat]

i found it from another post of a red pepper that has 2 circles just like that

[u/alextoria → u/gothhrat]

ooh sugar marks like watermelon! interesting

[u/xBlaze121]

when fruit and vegetables grow too fast it can cause it to split open, the plant sort of stitches itself back together when this happens.

[u/Pobueo → u/xBlaze121]

r/natureismetal

[u/fysh → u/xBlaze121]

I was also going to say veggie stretch marks

[u/usernamethatnottaken]

This is probably done by some kind of bug or animal. This happened to a tomato I grew at home once

[u/Marovi22]

Did they... Do surgery on a bell pepper? 😂

[u/Dirty-girl]

Meanwhile I thought they were reflections of a ring light. Social media has rotted my brain.

[u/sonicjesus]

I've seen this many times, but usually as a line down the side. I think it's from when the pepper grows the skin overstretches.