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So cool! =)

Posted by Emma on July 18, 2014 at 12:03pm in Main Chat

Hi everybody! I just learned something new today about bananas...I don't know if many people already know this, but I myself did not and find it so interesting:
"The easiest way to open a banana is also from the 'bottom'. The bottom is actually the top of the banana though in how it grows, and the stem is actually at the bottom and is harder. Try it next time! This is also how monkeys open bananas because they know it’s easier to open from the 'bottom' (what we perceive as the bottom)."
Retrieved from:
http://lowfatveganchef.com/how-to-tell-if-a-banana-is-ripe/

Did anyone else not know this? Just wanted to share. <3 Take care, Emma

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Wendy Peters September 14, 2015 at 9:16pm

If you move really fast, you can also break a banana in half :)
Pupa November 19, 2014 at 8:33am

Awesome!
Vincent Francesco November 17, 2014 at 5:53pm

Bananas are technically berries.
Necie August 17, 2014 at 5:10pm

My kids and I almost always open the banana that way which is the proper way to open it. Also much easier. I learned that way by watching other animals eat them. :)
Elisa Riccardi July 26, 2014 at 10:53am

I love having bananas ripe to the point that the stem opens itself when you pick them up!
Emily Gassen July 26, 2014 at 2:22am

WOW! Thanks for sharing.
Mary July 25, 2014 at 10:11am

You'd think that after opening approximately 12, 000 bananas over the last 3 years I would've noticed this!!!! HA!
- Swon > Mary August 3, 2014 at 4:33pm
  
  Wow, I hadn't thought about the numbers...I've been splitting my meals into smaller 700-calorie & usually do two banana smoothies a day (or one banana smoothie & one banana ice cream a day). That's 14 bananas a day, times say 3 months, which is over 1,200 bananas! Yikes!!
Alex July 22, 2014 at 6:14am

So i gave this another try with my slighty spotty but still far from being properly ripe bananas and it does work MUCH better. Doesnt matter with a very ripe banana as it just peel of itself but its awesome for banana that arent in their prime. I have been in the habbit of going on youtube and see how apes eat fruits like mango, oranges, watermelon etc... Apes are much better then us at eating fruits, if someone ever tell you that you eat like a monkey, i would take it as a compliment. Its funny how i wasnt able to find a proper video showing a monkey eating a watermelon without hunan's help.
Emma July 22, 2014 at 5:13am

You're welcome! How did it go? =)