No, you didn't misread it. Well that's one way to spend a lot of time on something that will rot away after a few days. No Grakelin, you can't buy them.
I believe this is the closest to any fried chicken art out there, even though it's neither fried nor chicken. All of that can be said about this one as well. Photoshop? Maybe, too lazy to check.
Wouldn't be nearly as funny if one of the carvings wasn't of a black man. Is the artist from Australia, or does he just like nature there? I notice a lot of Southern Hemisphere features on display (Koalas, penguins, sea turtles).
The gallery is a mix of the work of various authors. If you want to know anything about them, googling "watermelon carving" would be the best thing to do.
I want penguins carved into my watermelons. But yea, that's pretty damn awesome, for what seems like a ridiculous idea.