Bananas Are Not What You Think | The Shocking Truth

Bananas are not so innocent as you might think-while usually good for you, these potassium packed fruits have some shocking secrets! Join Hank Green for a new episode of SciShow-it'll make you go bananas!
Hank loves bananas and is worried about their future, so he did some investigating and wrote this episode of SciShow to share some kinda scary banana truths with us.
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[@naturalmystic1262]

I'm from the Philippines and my tears fell when i learned that you only have 1 variety of banana 😢

[@InaDaWinna777]

😲😲 how many do you have?

[@jakke1975]

There are more varieties of bananas than that. I've eaten plantains and those mini-bananas of an inch or 2 in length and there are at least 4 or 5 other kinds available in the tropics, just not in your average supermarket around the world.

[@InaDaWinna777]

@@jakke1975 ah nice one i wish i had an access to that :(

[@jakke1975]

@@InaDaWinna777 I live in Europe so I don't have access to all of them, but travel a bit and expand your horizons. Experiencing different foods is a major reason for me to travel. Even the things you have access to at home can taste totally different because you're getting it fresh from the tree, ground or water.

[@InaDaWinna777]

@@jakke1975 true, i know. I have travelled a bit too and i know how different and good food taste from UK lol. Wherever there is more Sun food always taste better

[@ethelryan257]

This was fascinating. I'm in my 60's and I clearly remember bananas in my pre-school days staying a billion times better. Been told all my life that taste fades, etc. Nope. Turns out it's a totally different variety of fruit.

[@Graeme_Lastname]

They also have a different texture. I miss the "real" ones.

[@_perza]

@@Graeme_Lastname You can still get them, just has to be from isolated farms. But Johnny Harris got some

[@sleepwalking117]

There's actually 2 but one is mostly used in South America or by Hispanic people. It's called plantanos they taste horrible but some people like them.

[@FelineFosterFamily]

Can you tell me how similar the taste of the Gros Michel banana is to the banana flavouring in lollies and such?

[@joenevico7742]

@@sleepwalking117 they're good of you fry them in oil with salt and press them with a fork or spoon. They're really good!

[@melvillecapps8339]

I remember as a child in the 1960s that all of a sudden bananas did not taste as good. Now I know it was because of the switch from the Gros Mishel to the Cavandish. Same thing with Coca-Cola when they switched from cane sugar to high-fructose corn syrup as the sweetener.

[@wandabanks6756]

I agree

[@equaius893]

Coca Cola when they got rid of the cocaine

[@willybones3890]

They were far superior.

[@SwapPartLLC]

Cane sugar Coke still exists. There's a Mexican restaurant near me and they serve it. They call it Mexican Coke. Personally, I don't like it as much. It's probably an acquired taste like with coffee.

[@jarrodrees7272]

Yeah exactly the same....no mate lmao

[@zubayeerahmed3801]

I am from Bangladesh and I have eaten banana seeds before. Big ones. They taste really good. There are dozens of varieties in our country. My fav is the "Shagor kola". It's long and sweet.

[@karissahammond4587]

I want to try them! 😄

[@FerreTrip]

Really? So those unnerving bananas crammed with seeds are still tasty?

[@patriciavalencia2674]

Crazy. Would you post a pic? Bananas grow everywhere in Brazil !!!

[@zubayeerahmed3801]

@@FerreTrip The ones with seeds taste the best. At least in some varients.

[@J-Hue]

@@zubayeerahmed3801 From what I've noticed, natural foods seem to taste better than their artificial versions which have a more plastic kinds of flavor. Unfortunately it's becoming tougher to find the more natural versions of foods where in the US.

[@Slashbag69]

I've always found it kind of strange that I don't like actual bananas, but I love anything banana flavoured. It all makes sense now.

[@Stratelier]

And I'm generally the other way around...

[@sapphirethedeer5299]

Same i hate banana's but every night i have banana milkshake

[@fmusopp]

same. I'll even eat banana bread. just not bananas .I wonder if I'd like other kinds?

[@jamesbenz3228]

@@sapphirethedeer5299 that's how you catch obesity

[@sammieh9695]

I love actual bananas but hate banana flavored things. Now it makes sense to me too

[@ivanov093]

The whole, banana flavored things actually do taste like banana, it's just a once ubiquitous strain that's now extinct, blew my mind. That's honestly amazing. Candies are the fossilized footprints of this banana lost to time.

[@alexiswilliamsinc]

ivanov093 Mine, too!! How poetic is your last sentence!?

[@Devilot109]

It's not actually extinct. It's just quite rare after all the die-off and isn't used much commercially because of the rarity. Because of the reliance on suckers, it takes a while for a banana population to bounce back.

[@alicemallon2858]

@@Devilot109h

[@planescaped]

I've had Gros Michel on a banana split. They aren't extinct, they just aren't grown for mass consumption anymore. They're a small crop thing. "artisanal banana's" if you would. :P and yeah, they're way better. Cavendish banana's are quite bland.

[@TheOJDrinker]

Did you see they're also shaped the same? It's like banana candies are a memorial to the Gros Michel

[@geekay1349]

and they come with their own biodegradable wrapper - the perfect food

[@monkeyrobotsinc.9875]

is that your excuse for littering?!?! cool

[@timokaaarp7779]

@@liamgardner1252 it also provides an opportunity for slapstick comedy

[@aethellstan]

You can actually eat the wrapper and leave no mess. In terms of it being biodegradable, yes it is but it takes a few years, so if you want the place littered with slowly rotting banana wrappers then put it in a bin

[@mutantgeralt]

Literally every fruit has a biodegradable "wrapper". That's no excuse for littering

[@diwakaranvalangaimanmani3777]

Milk + Banana juice (including its skin) is a healthy drink. No sugar or honey need be added.

[@thinkcivil1627]

Having been born in the 1950s, yes there is a distinct difference in taste between the 2 banana types. The type I ate in the 60s was sweeter and had a much more distinct banana flavor to it. Today's bananas are bland and starchy compared to those we ate back in the day. There has to be a way to produce a better tasting banana than what's out there right now.

[@Xosidhe]

They can’t figure out how to stop the world burning and the polar ice melting… I wouldn’t hold my breath waiting for a tasty banana.

[@tissuepaper9962]

You can still buy a Gros Michel, they're just really expensive because there are so few people growing them.

[@noodleboi6711]

@@tissuepaper9962 I ate one today and it blew my socks off, they have got to find a way to bring them back or fight the fungus untill they get to peoples mouths.

[@PresidentMikeJohnson]

we lost the original banana technology and its too painful to rebuild from scratch

[@maxsavage3998]

@@noodleboi6711 stop mass production is one way

[@nekomasteryoutube3232]

As someone who was born in 1992, it pains me that I'll never get to eat a banana that was possibly tastier then the banana's we have now.

[@voidvoid5506]

You can, but depending on where you live, its pretty hard and expensive.

[@nekomasteryoutube3232]

Todd Parris Or Canada (my home), dont forget Canadians :D

[@joehollow2505]

Hey, I was born 1981 and this is a first time I'm hearing about it. It's a bit silly but it makes me feel like I missed out on something, almost as if I was robbed of some sort of great opportunity. Odd.

[@twdjt6245]

lol I was thinking the same thing. '91 baby here. i'm like " no fair" but there are different varieties of bananas that exist and are grown....of course they're likely only found (in the USA anyway) in specialty stores, farmers' markets and in people's back yards.....they're usually smaller & probably more common in other countries (Latin America, Caribbean, etc) where people grow edible plants on their properties more than here. Just do a quick search on eBay or google and they sell several varieties of banana plants, some of which are reputably tastier than the commercial variety we all enjoy. I've had some before. Unfortunately they're rare to come by unless you know someone with a tree. Same goes with mangoes and papayas actually.... (probably other fruits as well).... the mangoes and papayas in most markets SUCK....even when it's their season. I don't see why people bother buy them, especially when they're so expensive. My parents came from Haiti and we have several Papaya trees ...so you can actually wait till the fruit is ripe (bright orange all over) to enjoy it... (the ones in the market are picked well prior and the flavor/texture suffers for it) .... the varieties they grow commercially are likely different too, to be more bug resistant, require less water or space, grow faster, etc etc. We live in Florida and have neighbors who have a massive mango tree that grows huge incredibly sweet mangoes. Not that fibrous sour crap they sell for over a dollar in markets. No food tastier or sweeter in my opinion than a tree ripened mango or papaya that grew in someone's back yard. Sad part is that most fruit trees are extremely low maintenance to grow too, yet so few people do, even here in the south.

[@connorwaud6134]

You can still eat the grow machel its just not grown by banana inderstrys any more

[@archieloisdelapena9128]

World: oh no we only have 1 type of banana left! Philippines: Meh, we have more than 10 types of banana😆😆😆

[@rhongerona776]

.dito samin binibilad lng yan sa tabing kalsada..

[@mangoface7914]

Same in bangladesh! So many varieties! Seeded ones too!

[@rosekay5031]

It's very U.S.A, yes?

[@primarchkhas726]

Also multiple types of "women"

[@yessumyecrad]

I really want to try all different bananas! The cavandish is kind of bland.

[@effyleven]

Aha! That explains why bananas taste different to when I was a kid. They are DIFFERENT bananas.

[@p123-i9s]

+effyleven Same with hydroponically grown tomatoes. Taste completely different from naturally grown ones.

[@Gnurklesquimp]

+p123 Those ones actually have alot less of a ''planty'' taste and more of a sweet taste, don't they? That'd actually be quite surprising to me.. But I suppose the more planty ones could perhaps be much more efficiently produced, as a reason for it's commercial succes. I think I've read how this applies to strawberries aswell, though I might be wrong with either case

[@sputnut]

+effyleven It really depends on your age... Gros Michel bananas were phased out in the late 50's. They are not extinct, though. I have one growing in my yard right now. I can't wait to try one.

[@pretentiousred6159]

+sputnut really? Are you pulling my leg?

[@sputnut]

+PretentiousRed Seriously. I got it from a guy on Amazon whom I more recently met online on bananas.org. It's the real deal, but only a foot tall right now is all. In some central American places and even a few islands in the Caribbean and Hawaii, people still grow them. In Hawaii they are called Bluefields and other places have local names for them as well but most places recognize the name Gros Michel (Pronounced gro mishel) or Big Mike.

[@lucyspencer9752]

I can second just how popular bananas are. I work in the produce department of a grocery store and we receive a whole pallet of bananas every morning. They're usually gone by the end of the night.

[@djtrac3r935]

Bananas are wonderful! You can do a whole bunch of thing with them! :D (Pun not intended :P)

[@icarusbinns3156]

I used to work in the produce section. I learned in the worst way that there really can be spiders in the bananas! So did the rest of the store thanks to my unholy banshee scream of fright when a brown tarantula scuttled across my hand. But! We did not kill him! Instead, my coworkers and I got him into a little tupperware dish and poked holes for him, gave him water, a few mealworms… and then tried to figure out what to do with him. It was snowing outside, and we weren’t just going to toss him out there! He’d scared me but we weren’t going to kill him! We did accidentally get him adopted. An arachnologist overheard us talking, and asked to take a look. And was immediately wanting to take the little arachnid home. Happy ending for the spider!

[@glenhomer9856]

Having grown up in Brazil, we had dozens of different varieties of bananas. each with a different flavor, size, and texture.

[@bellagrey7739]

Same here in Malaysia. Poor western people lol

[@skylined5534]

@@bellagrey7739 You have bananas... we have everything else.

[@bellagrey7739]

@@skylined5534 sure you do lol

[@anekinoo7]

@@bellagrey7739 it’s just city folks that don’t know how to garden 😂 I’m in California. I’m growing 5 different varieties.

[@kevin-kw8bv]

@@anekinoo7 Is california a real place?

[@indrasishmajumder6359]

Ever tried banana chips? Those are damn good.

[@orbismworldbuilding8428]

Oh hell yes

[@noname-qj6ml]

Oh hell nah

[@theywalkinguptoyouand4060]

Yeah but they have so much more fat and sugar than regular chips. Super unhealthy

[@orbismworldbuilding8428]

@@theywalkinguptoyouand4060 it's called an energizing meal

[@JasonX00]

Yes coated in honey then baked.

[@walmirneto2120]

"We now have a much better understanding of epidemics" *Laughs in corona*

[@batmanofyoutube8820]

🙄

[@TheAyanamiRei]

Yeaaaah. THis post REALLY didn't age well. An neither did anything else that suggested we would act even REMOTELY Sane & Functional. Then again who could predict a President who was A-OK with Mass Murder of 100s of THOUSANDS of American Citizens. AFTER criticing the last President for an OUtbreak that killed less than 20. An since Trump put the blame on Obama, that means Outbreaks are the fault of the Standing President. Which is Trump.

[@batmanofyoutube8820]

Jessica T no, there isn’t a virus unless you’re clueless enough to inject yourself with it COUGH VACCINES COUGH

[@johnyoutuber9781]

@@batmanofyoutube8820 COUGH, ANTI-GOVERNMENT SHILL, COUGH

[@Keep-on-ok]

@@TheAyanamiRei uhm, no. This virus was ordered by the Obama Administration in 2015. Look it up. If anyone is to blame for any deaths, it’s Obama and Dr. Fauci who gave the grant to the Wuhan lab in 2015.

[@teenygozer]

The few countries that still produce the Gros Michel today mostly do so under another name: Thihmwe in Myanmar, Johnson in Cuba, Pisang Ambon in Malaysia. In Hawai'i, it is commercially grown as Bluefields.

[@davidtallmadge6359]

I am an American that moved to the Philippines I remember the old bananas very well but over here there are so many types that I love more cooked plantains and sweet queen types LONG LIVE THE BANANA

[@BlueAsh532]

LONG LIVE BANANA CUE (DEEP FRIED SUGAR COATED PLANTAIN)

[@lavender_queso]

Lmao, I've always wondered why I love "actual" bananas but hate banana flavored things.

[@CodeNameBoomy]

I'm the exact opposite. I hate bananas except plantain but love the banana flavored/shaped sweets

[@satansamael666]

Lav Queso and we guys all love our own bananas...

[@FidaAifiya]

maybe because banana flavor has weird ethanol-like aftertaste. i don't know if it's really ethanol or not, but to my tongue it stings like unpleasant 'yellowish' ethanol.

[@MajatekYT]

It's also because that banana "flavour" is in reality a combination of several flavours and chemicals that add nuance to the taste. It's like comparing stereo music to a mono track - sure, you can have the same song played in mono instead of stereo, but it's not the same. You're effectively getting a one-dimensional (or "mono", not "stereo") taste profile when you eat sweets that are banana flavoured. Scientists have been struggling to replicate the complex characteristics of real bananas for a long while now.

[@missbieber4400]

Lav Queso iii

[@TheGuyInTheLoo]

So basically... those "organic" bananas they sell are actually genetically engineered not organic.

[@joonghokim7930]

Organic doesn't mean not GMO, organic means that it isn't grown with the use of pesticides.

[@tylerpeterson4726]

+Davey Peacock The USDA definition of organic requires the plant to not be a GMO, but it is unlikely that banana growers outside the US would be able to go to the USDA for certification. Instead they are certified by organizations that happen to permit GMO's.

[@jasonslade6259]

+Davey Peacock No the Cavendish was not genetically engineered they were created by old fashioned selective breeding, like just about every single plant you've ever bought in a grocery store (or a combination of selective breeding AND genetic engineering).

[@kaeldare]

+Tyler Peterson there is a difference between genetically modified and genetically engineered.

[@tylerpeterson4726]

kaeldare I may have been mistaken. I was under the impression that they had been genetically engineered, as in using gene guns in a lab. If that is not true, then my bad.

[@Fanatic17]

"It's not 50 shades of grey" Ah yes contemporary references, still valid in 2021

[@cowboysfanmaster50j82]

this video was made years ago

[@bigb1209]

I'm so freaking terrified over this that I don't think I will be able to sleep.

[@soslothful]

WOW!! Snappy!

[@mfjdv2020]

hahaha nice one

[@grantzolldan]

Every few months I'm able to whip out this knowledge in random conversation.

[@orbismworldbuilding8428]

Same here everyone I know will know these knowledge

[@wildsideofthings7733]

Lol I love giving random facts and seeing people’s reactions

[@michaelg8642]

i also whip out banana in random conversations

[@lacuna5239]

My whole life is a lie

[@daddy_oh_vekx5536]

I've never been so jealous of an entire generation until now

[@adjaniaguilar]

There are so many types of bananas in the Philippines. We even have banana ketchup.

[@lessx7949]

In Thailand too, My mom is from the Philippines I visited her home there and had an Amazing time in such a beautiful country.

[@dindixie]

I miss the Señorita bananas and lumpia made with the fat red cooking bananas. Beautiful country!

[@unclesamuk8687]

boy you should have seen and ate the jungle variety (found deep in the jungles). Taste good albeit very tiny.

[@saintroddy]

UFC blue ketchup master race

[@jakobraahauge7299]

Even Hawaii grows several kinds of banana - they have one called The Blue Banana! I'm from Denmark and we only have Cavendish and plantains - I wish we had many different, like apples! We are much smaller than America but you can easily buy many more different kinds of apples and I think that is wonderful!

[@allianceofsteel]

The Gros Michel is still grown and is exported all over the world and is not extinct.. it just isn't as widely grown as before due to it being hit hard by the wilt.. I'd like to get my hands on one... be interesting to taste one..

[@lazlieni]

True. I live in Jamaica and we have it there

[@allianceofsteel]

Now if only I could get a bunch of greenies shipped here lol. Love the darn things

[@apiiidme]

+Justin O'Higgins in indonesia too btw :)

[@luckysocutegianna1925]

+Justin O'Higgins true

[@N8IsCool]

thats what she said

[@JadeCaro]

Hmm... I wasn't born in the 60's but cavendish is not the only type of Banana I've ever had. I've had plantains and apple bananas as well. I've never tried red bananas though

[@grizzlygamer8891]

There's also the Canary

[@eugene188]

This is true, but these other kinds of bananas are hard to find in a normal grocery store. At the big chain grocery stores it is mostly one single kind of banana. Therein lies the problem. monoculturing just isn't a great idea.

[@AztecAnnihilate]

eugene188

[@alfred0621]

I ate a red banana once in Taiwan. Tastes a little like a mango.

[@sarasarah1810]

JCarolR plantains...oh goodness...not for me....YUCKO!!!

[@jupekai6295]

I hope one day science figures out how to bring back the Gros Michael as I'd love to try one, I LOVE banana flavouring! Oh gosh imagine banana bread made with Gros Michael instead of Cavendish!

[@artugert]

They still exist.

[@terrietackett8964]

I'm 64, and remember with great affection the Gros Michel...

[@norielsylvire4097]

Terrie Tackett How was it? How did it taste?

[@tikkidaddy]

Dey was wondermous I gaurontee!😄😄

[@lcdream4213]

Behold the elder

[@MyRedHulk]

Teach us your secrets, oh revered ancient one.

[@TheWunder]

You can still buy Gross Michelle. They're very expensive though.

[@jaybea365]

thank-you for explaining to me why I like Banana flavoured things, but I don't actually like Bananas.

[@MeneerDeKaasBaas]

Cura Centar your sense of taste

[@UnapologeticallyEboni]

I am the exact opposite lol

[@liltoaster7308]

Why do I learn more on youtube than in school?

[@speralta8243]

Be careful though..most of these videos get their info from Wikipedia.....Make sure its been printed or corroborated before you take it as law

[@luciferangelica]

because you need to apply yourself. put downyour phone and go study

[@3of930]

GreatestGulag - Because Common Core, or Commie Corp doesn’t make sense, but this KZbin video does 🤔🤪👍🏻

[@wotwot6868]

Be careful though..most of the books used in school (at least in my country) get their info from their armpits.....Make sure its been printed or corroborated before you take it as law (although it already is).

[@Kelly14UK]

Educate yourself. Don't listen to authority...

[@sinistral9629]

I love this channel for just this kind of information that I never knew I needed to know. I've eaten bananas in Africa and South America that are nothing like the 'Cavendish'. They were the size and shape of chubby fingers, sweeter, softer and much, much tastier. I'm wondering if they're more like the original SE Asian varieties.

[@bhunag9383]

We have several varieties of bananas in southern India. I like red banana, hill plantain, green varieties and so on

[@justinmileman7863]

Yeah having only 1 variety of banana didn't work because it got wiped out, so of COURSE focus entirely on another single variety. Brilliant :-/

[@WatchingMyLifeFlashB]

Justin Mileman You know the game, keep repeating the same behavior, expecting a different outcome...Class, say it together: The DEFINITION of... ...INSANITY! You got it, class dismissed.

[@julia90861]

how about the potatoes grown for mcdonalds

[@krzysztofpiasek5682]

Julie Gillam it's just for one company, not nearly whole world. Wtf are you talking about.

[@noreenwilson1811]

Justin Mileman sarcasm?ha ha

[@ramirodiaz2639]

Justin Mileman uu

[@200heatblast]

In India you have many varieties of banana. Like red banana and many other varieties. Bananas are so important in Tamil culture that they are one of the three most praised fruits that have been praised in ancient literature.

[@ranaranapratap8816]

Right.. We have many varieties of banana including 1 1/2 feet long red and green bananas, grey bananas, dwarf bananas, changalikondan bananas and many more.. The scientists in food and history are not in sync and they have no idea we use bananas to make incense sticks stand upside and after that, we eat.. It dates back thousands(maybe tens of thousands?) of years.. By the way I am from neighbor state, AP south.. :D

[@billysbigworld6166]

red banana is so good in florida

[@pedrogonzales9202]

OMG I'm TERRIFIED! I need to call 911. I just learned the "truth" about bananas. I can't take this.

[@mamapetillo8675]

Breathe

[@JRL_]

@@mamapetillo8675 no u

[@mamapetillo8675]

@@JRL_ ack

[@FloozieOne]

My favorites are the little red bananas that come in a "hand stalk", that is they grow side-by-side like fingers instead of in a bunch like "regular" bananas. They are sweet and have a creamier texture but they do go bad faster so you have to eat them quicker; not a big problem since they are only about 4 bites big. Every now and then I will see them in the produce section but it is becoming rarer and rarer and the quality is descending just like the supply.

[@samseidel9917]

I can confirm that this truth was terrifying!

[@catrat1967]

When in the army in Asia in 1966, the bananas were so good, now I know why!

[@wandaperi]

OK, Boomer!

[@XiELEd4377]

@@wandaperi Ok Zoomer

[@kaf890890]

“Sterile mutants. I’m not trying to be mean…“

[@lolicon453]

Just like my adoptive father.

[@megajcprincess4718]

@@lolicon453 haha

[@skylined5534]

I wish the city in which I live had more sterile mutants. Seems the bigger waste of space they are the more guaranteed they are to be able to breed.

[@ef4947]

Banana flavoured candy also tastes different because they don't use the entire flavour profile of the banana. They split up the flavour into different characteristics and candy often uses only one of these, the strongest. I forgot what it is but the actual flavouring has a number/name.

[@chemknapp]

isoamyl acetate... an ester

[@ef4947]

@@chemknapp thanks :)

[@deskritsch510]

You could tell in his face Hank's favorite part of this episode was getting to eat the banana finally 😂

[@monkeyrobotsinc.9875]

it was so big and long

[@hawkeye171]

@@monkeyrobotsinc.9875 that's what your mum said

[@sundarex]

@@monkeyrobotsinc.9875 You mean he's well endowed, I guess.

[@justapot2610]

This made me want a banana.

[@onehappydogg]

I've got your banana! HAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!

[@justapot2610]

steven Ryan already ate it though...

[@loveoflearning5705]

+steven Ryan I'll have it; )

[@MONEYBOY512]

I just ate one

[@Kael7777]

***** you like banana?

[@jamesbonde4470]

I ate the original bananas, back some 60 years ago. They tasted GOOD. Today's bananas have NO taste.

[@jamesryder8305]

How was it?

[@raybod1775]

Fatter bananas are a bit tastier

[@evelyngifford2346]

@@jamesryder8305 pretty sure he said GOOD!

[@milojanis4901]

@@raybod1775 So size DOES matter!! LMAO!!!!!

[@yndev1]

@@jamesryder8305 GOOD

[@leesanders6490]

I remember how good the bananas were when I was growing up in the 60's. I knew they went extinct but I never knew the name Gros Michel until now.

[@tissuepaper9962]

They didn't actually go extinct, they just aren't grown at an industrial scale anymore. You can still buy the trees and the fruit online.

[@BootyBot]

#1 selling item... not too surprised considering we're primates

[@ServantofBaal]

+Paradox xodarap you species-ist (just kidding, dont mistake me for a sjw)

[@TY220]

Prime ribs. Am I right?

[@silvanamiranda8048]

+Paradox xodarap I don't like bananas that much. Am I an alien?

[@JacobBecomesIsrael]

+Silvana Miranda Yes, you are an alien. Would you mind if we ran some simple tests on you? But seriously read my comment above and you'll know why you don't like bananas. I ate the Gros Michel when I was a kid in the 60's. It was ten times better. I loved bananas when I was a kid. I hate these "bananas" today. They suck.

[@albertwesker744]

+Silvana Miranda not sure. i can probe you and let ya know my findings.

[@Aglai76]

damn now i really want to try a Gros Michel, but I can't. why don't they try to bring those back but genetically modify those to be immune to the fungus

[@TheIld]

+Anthony Trifoglio The gros michel bananas, despite what the video says they're not completely extinct; they are however very rare to find and aren't exported outside of the locations/countries they're grown in. But I agree the gros michel deserves a comeback

[@ThePsychoReturns]

+ImDaWgr That pisses me off. You can buy kopi luwak coffee that was shit out by palm civets, but not a gros michel banana. You'd think someone would have figured that out already.

[@vogonsrock]

+Anthony Trifoglio Exactly what I was going to comment until I saw you already had. I am ancient enough to have eaten Gros Michel bananas, not that I knew that bananas had changed until relatively recently. I just knew that I used to like bananas, and then at some point (I'm assuming when the stocks changed) I didn't. I find the bananas of today too grainy and almost bitter if they aren't very ripe.

[@osvaldoraya6696]

Gros Michel!

[@mastamage1231]

+ImDaWgr sooooo, someone has to go there, eat the banana and smuggle a few seeds out right? sounds easy enough to me XD also, sorry for necroposting

[@joeywriter8251]

Eating a banana while watching this...

[@berwynsigns4115]

+Rage Blanket Murder: noun the unlawful premeditated killing of one human being by another.

[@rageblanket2139]

Natsu Dragneel Screw you! bananas ma peoples! we live in da republik!!!!!!!

[@Mohamedingermany]

+joey writer same here

[@joeywriter8251]

+Rage Blanket 50% of DNA in bananas are the same as humans, I'm 50% cannibal :3

[@rageblanket2139]

joey writer TELL EM!

[@seratheeducatedfeline4227]

I remember getting a small bunch of stubby bananas in Goa on holiday as a kid and promptly discovering they tasted very different to every banana I had eaten before. Not the best way to find out about monocultures, but I did brighten an elephant’s day with the rest of those bananas.

[@RileyTheCatMeow]

Am I the only one who genuinely respect genetically modified foods, find them interesting, and have no problem eating them? This is why I'm majoring in Organic Chemistry :P

[@Meganopteryx]

The main problem I see with genetically modified foods is that when they take genes from one species and put them in another species, WITHOUT LABELING THEM, how will people allergic to that inserted species know what to avoid? Allergic reactions to transgenic crops HAVE happened before. I am all for labeling GMOs, for this very reason.

[@summushieremiasclarkson4700]

Everything that is consumed is genetically modified (artificially). In any case, if we don't do it, nature will, albeit rather glacially.

[@casey7266]

The way he ate that banana... it... disturbs me.

[@IamMissPronounced]

Frederick Rhodes I have bananaphobia, seeing as how I was forced to eat them as a kid ("eat all your fruits and veggies or else you can't get up from the dinner table!") even though I turned out to be allergic to them the entire time

[@m.lrisner3970]

Oh come on it reminded me of a little kid really enjoying fruit. It was cute.

[@luciferangelica]

that smell...it smells like my grandma's house. my grandma is gross and weird, cause she smells like old bananas

[@ateebmushtaq4062]

You idiots dont deserve a informative video

[@luciferangelica]

Ateeb Mushtaq nobody gets what they deserve...and if you want information try reading a book

[@lawrencium4101]

If you and Vsause were my teachers I would learn so much

[@Nullllus]

Learn now.

[@lawrencium4101]

Nullll1111 What??

[@maiziemartin4501]

sameee

[@redditshorts4u679]

expect vsauce would only show up on class every 2 months

[@itsmematthew2574]

+Dark Towel true

[@alanaweaver8942]

Now I understand why Rasta grows different varieties of bananas in Jam Rock

[@amedyr863]

Don't worry US, we have plenty of market banana varieties in Brazil.

[@empirialwwr3082]

Ann Wright :D

[@saneee2495]

ur pretty af

[@ericknabenshue5121]

We only eat genetically modified posion here. Through in some heavy metals and fetal cells and you have our whole diet . Our government love us so much .

[@kbee225]

Ya, even here in India we have a lot more than the cavendish. We have Rasathali, Nendran,Basrai,Red banana,Lalvelchi. And these are not even half of what we have to offer.

[@ItIsMeTime123]

nonONONONO KEEP YOUR BRAZILIAN SPIDERS AWAY FROM US!

[@BloodAndGutsTV]

Banana's don't even really taste like Banana's anymore, they mainly have a boring bland, plain taste.

[@warsameadam5572]

You're right ! I consider myself be big fan of banana. That's because it's non organic bananas! well, Most of the Bananas are genetically modified and quickly grown from Latin america. We get that alot in Europe. Btw smaller sized bananas are tasty.

[@Jo_ovie]

Abdi Adam yea i got some from my trip to south asia

[@WatchingMyLifeFlashB]

Playbackjunkie Organic ones are tastier than conventional since they grow slower & so spend a little more time on the plant. Since all US bananas are already picked green, they need to spend as much time as possible on the plant to have any sweetness. That's why some go green straight to rot.

[@JonnyEaston]

Damn, I'm gonna go and eat 20 bananas now while I still can!

[@EvilTwin123]

Jonny Easton Your bathroom does not appreciate this.

[@streetliving]

Jonny Easton have fun on the toilet

[@paradigmshift8460]

i think human can only eat like 5 bananas in one sitting

[@hybridgaming1597]

No don't! Save some for the rest of us! It's too late nvm

[@Justin-sl3sb]

Commander Strax Dude, the radioactivity of a banana is trivial upon trivial upon trivial. Most radioactive fruit? Cool, doesn't mean it's dangerous, you get more radiation just sitting outside for a while

[@FloozieOne]

Just a note: when I went to East Africa at age 18 I made the mistake of asking one of the "hotel" (it was really a hostel) employees if they could get me some bananas as I was finding the language impenetrable. Imagine my amazement when I returned and found a huge stalk of about 20 banana waiting for me! My helpful friend asked if I wanted him to "hang" my bananas because I was so short. I had no idea what he was talking about but he carried them into my room and hung them from a huge hook that was chained to the ceiling. I was entranced and amazed. Sit in your chair and reach over to break off a banana whenever you feel the munchies coming on. That was 50 years ago but I still remember it perfectly clearly (where I put my keys is often a serious mystery now though).

[@MeTriviSlipKlokDriva]

This is just like that Treehouse of Horror Simpsons episode when you find out Bart was actually the Evil twin all along.

[@IamAperson9]

xenophontiacicidationarionism I remember that episode

[@AllieLeow]

I live in Malaysia (Southeast Asia) and I have like 3 different types of bananas in my backyard right now. FYI, bananas reproduce from underground stems (the kid grows beside the parent plant and then they just keep reproducing until the whole area is filled with banana trees).

[@raidernation2163]

I still don't get it he's said in the video that the Bananas we eat in the U.S are infertile and the seeds won't grow anything so how the hell do they grow new bananas to replace the rotten ones?

[@wompaper]

Bananas - Being GMOs since before it was cool... :D

[@wompaper]

Organic and GMO are two completely different things. Being organic means that they were grown in an ecologically clean environment without the use of any artificial fertilizers and shit... Oh, btw they probably used shit for fertilizing as they're organic. While GMO is just genetically manipulated culture it can also be grown in an organic or non organic ways :)

[@wompaper]

Glad I could help :)

[@southwestplantguy]

I ran a produce department for years and we always joked about the fact that bananas are basically GMO, and there is a huge amount of people who believe that our banana has a seed at the bottom of the peel lol

[@raphaelkw7630]

This fruit is so common that we don't appreciate it enough. The banana: Grows all year round Available all over the world Self-propagates through suckers Some varieties can be cooked Can be fried into crispy chips Easy to peel and eat. No mess whatsoever No annoying seeds Great, consistent taste Glitters and has intricate patterns BEST FRUIT EVER.

[@thealchemist6994]

in the Philippines, we have different kinds of bananas too. And i still remember those with seeds which are really sweet. We have big green ones, small yellow brown dotted ones, medium size yellow ones, long round red ones, tiny yellows, the gardava for cooking which also has 2 kinds , and lately the cavendish. I prefer the native bananas as always, more sweet more taste.

[@philipfreeman72]

The small bananas we get here in Thailand taste way better than the big ones.

[@scottanderson691]

Plaitains?

[@billysbigworld6166]

@@scottanderson691 Plantains are huge dude, not those

[@billysbigworld6166]

YES, IN FLORIDA WE HAVE MINI ONES THAT TASTE SWEETER AND MORE APPETIZING!

[@avarmauk]

The mini bananas are the best. I live in Singapore. We probably get out bananas from Thailand.

[@jsalsy]

Thank you for being precise and less time consuming than the other drawn out explanation videos on here 🤟👍

[@DJFreshJuice]

Why are there dislikes on a video about bananas? D:

[@dwaynebullard5454]

Because this video is about chomchoms and nobody is using the correct terminology?

[@RacinZilla003]

Because Creationism

[@S-Freeze]

trolls

[@l4ur790]

he sounds annoying for some reasons

[@giuseppelogiurato5718]

gogoasa infuriata yes, is very unnatural and forced.

[@XiaoYueMao]

I work at Walmart, and currently, the number 1 stolen item is Fidget Spinners

[@WatchingMyLifeFlashB]

Алина Старковa Is that why every single one of them is on CLEARANCE at my local store?!? Maybe the higher ups figure if you're going to be taking them out of the store either way, maybe if they're marked down cheap enough, they'll choose to pay 99 cents plus tax to avoid the personal limo ride to jail & the x monthly probation payments, the magnifying glass up the yoo hoo/on your world & the double whammy combo period free slave labor (community service) days with tax paying as an employee somewhere, in order for a taxpayer paid probation officer to check off some long list of court ordered requirements with your name on it. All that, after the booking, the bail, the small chat with a useless tax paid public defender, & talk with the all-powerful judge. Why not just give Walmart the dollar already, it's much cheaper by far! BTW: LOL! Saw an ripped open, empty package of one in the toy clearance section not even two months ago. I was thinking, what? why? I think it would cause undue stress to be pinching a stress reliever tool. I'd get stressed out all over again every time I'd try to use it. I'd probably start hyperventilating, for cryin' out loud. Thieves don't enter the Kingdom of YHVH. That said, I'm pretty sure that what you say is true. Current #1 item. Next week or month, it'll also be the first item into the trash bin when something different becomes 'the new thing out'. May YHVH bless all

[@WatchingMyLifeFlashB]

полая корона You know it's funny how you felt the need to rudely attack my belief without any proof that what you believe is any more true than what I do. I didn't intend to attack you or any belief you may have, or don't have, by stating that one day there will a judgment for those shoplifters that the other commenter had referred to. I simply typed YHVH twice in a post, & you retaliated. How very peaceful & kind of you. Would it have been more acceptable to you if I had said their punishment would arise from the bad Karma they had created? Or, alternately, after death, they'd be reincarnated into some lesser life form or that they are doomed to receive another of the many other retributions out there in the world's religions? Saying G-d is not real is not necessarily the condemnation of all religions, since many of the world's religions don't have a g-d or g-ds per se, but powers, rules, empirical laws, etc. You didn't state what you believe, but I'll just temporarily assume you to be an atheist. Especially since I see your screen name appears to be Russian, I'll run with that theory. In the media, we, Americans, are told that the nation with greatest number of new Christian converts is Russia. But we were also told that up until quite recently, religion was forbidden under communism. So if you are Russian, you're living in a swiftly changing society. Correct me, if I'm wrong, as the media isn't always reliable here, & you've already shown that you are very quick to correct. Since your statement says 'G-d is not real. YHVH is a lie', it reveals you couldn't possibly be an agnostic nor a Catholic nor a Christian nor Jewish nor even Muslim. If you believe that there is a higher power that is not a g-d, ok, & if you don't, that's your belief as well. I was not trying to evangelize you or anyone else during the fidget comment. I never knew you existed until you replied to my comment. I was simply stating that shoplifters will get their comeuppance. Even people who don't believe in g-d still believe in a higher power which balances the good & bad, the right & wrong, the ying & yang of the universe. But, you've went out of your way to directly comment to me, to convince me against YHVH, you have essentially asked for a theological conversation with me. If you do not believe in a higher power, then the thieving described in the main comment would not be so inherently wrong in the grand scheme of things. No higher power means that survival of the fittest, quickest, smartest, & craftiest ultimately rules. Accordingly, if store security doesn't catch the thief, the police don't become involved, & Walmart doesn't go bankrupt, there is no one to really care, no true victim, it really doesn't matter, no known perpetrator, & the thief gets off scott free; he wins? If true, that's just another missing fidget, & life just goes on until death with no comeuppance ever. But your comment had absolutely nothing to do with the video, bananas, fidgets, or shoplifting, though. It was solely & specifically about attacking YHVH & me, for my belief, & saying that I have to live with it. Good, because... Honey, I will live. I will live an eternal life with YHVH in His Kingdom! I will have a smile on my face here & now & forever after! You can make the fish face & spread hate in snippy concise commentary. It's your prerogative, that's your choice! And if YHVH would prove to be a lie, I will have lived a long, happy life before my end. Good for me! I will have lived a good life with a beautiful kingdom in sight, even if it had been a mirage. That's nothing to sneeze at. But if YHVH is not a lie, in the future, I'll have lived a long, happy life only to then be granted an eternal perfected life forever & ever. Wow! Even better! Apparently, both scenarios are a win, win for me! Contrast that to your future, that is, if you're wrong about YHVH. Scripture says your knee is destined to bend, one way or the other. It will bend either in worship of Him, having repented & received the grace of Yeshua's blood, while you are still alive & as such you would receive the same life eternal as me, or it will bend in a single final, involuntary submission to YHVH's authority prior to your body being thrown into the lake of fire & brimstone, which is the second death. Death! Now you've been warned. Now, live with that! Keep in mind, I have nothing against you, & I bear you no ill will at all, please understand that. I blessed you, and you have born what will be shown to be false witness against my Father, you have said the great I AM never was. Your present life is death. So I have now shown you what you need to live with or die without! You might think that I am cursing you to death, but I make no such judgment. Your words have spoken. Only you will continue to bring that judgment upon yourself. Rather than cursing you, I've potentially blessed you by warning you. Unbelievers, though, usually don't just choose to ignore the messengers, they choose to ridicule, persecute, or kill them. All about hate. This is a public forum. In the country I am typing this, I still, as of this time, retain the G-dgiven right to free speech, & the freedom of religion & the right to free expression thereof of my religious belief, with no laws impugning such. On my money, both made of metal & of paper, it still reads 'In G-d, we trust.' In spite of what YOU say, I will continue to trust in YHVH, even if you are still upset about it, & even if it is offensive to you. YHVH & His son, Yeshua, is wherein my peace lies in this chaotic world both you & I live in. Your worldly, disrespecting words won't take that away from me. Scripture says that believers will be persecuted for His name's sake & those believers should feel blessed because of that persecution. I feel blessed today because of what you said. Also, scripture says that the believer should bless his or her friends, but that he or she also should go on to bless his or her enemies. I don't consider you an enemy, just someone who may be lacking love & peace in the heart. I bless you & take that short retort of yours as further fulfillment of scripture. And in the least likely of places- the comment section of a banana video on KZbin. So I say to fulfill my part & to fill my heart. I blessing, along with everyone else in world, in His name... May YHVH bless all!

[@thisperson3787]

WatchingMyLifeFlashB Wait ur not joking? This has to be something like the Flying Spaghetti Monster or the Great Tea Pot in space. Right?

[@elchungo5026]

This Person do not deny the mighty spaghetti lords! HERETIC BEGONE

[@elchungo5026]

Алина Старковa (Alina Starkova) 2nd Account *steals fidget spinner *dabs in the name of Jake Paul

[@micarxsjr]

So bananas aren't real? Am I real...

[@MajikkanBeingsUnite]

Me: wait, they're *not* radioactive clones? oh wait good I'm not dumb

[@OriginalSuper]

Well my friend says his armpits smell like bananas....... Idk

[@robclubs4449]

Haha

[@charleswolford74]

+Kevin if he was a wizard you wouldn't have to ask you would see his silly hat

[@formerctgovernordannelmall1452]

I don't know what these "bananas" are, but I think your friend meant to say that his armpits smell like chom choms

[@callummurphy6202]

Thanks for sharing

[@thevirtualgoblin]

Mine smell like marihuana and onion

[@asherdie]

science has screwed over agricultur over and over. Monsanto?

[@Shavenhamster]

its not gmo.

[@asherdie]

Shavenhamster didn't say it was

[@CaptainAlliance]

On the contrary, science has indeed HELPED modern agriculture, not "screw it over". Without science in agriculture, you wouldn't be alive today, as with many people.

[@asherdie]

***** assumptions much?

[@AcheronLupus1]

Go away. www.nytimes.com/1986/09/09/science/scientific-advances-lead-to-era-of-food-surplus-around-world.html?pagewanted=all

[@Graeme_Lastname]

Bananas used to taste like bananas. They don't any more. I'm old. :)

[@dibershai6009]

Nowadays they taste like liquid polymer

[@MRptwrench]

I ate Gros Michel 'nanas! But, I don't remember it 😕. My older siblings do though, and that's how I found out I was fed them up to about 3 years old. (My mother preferred making her own "baby food" on occasion, like fruit and vegetables.) But my older siblings do remember the "banana crisis".

[@blueeyes6852]

'I'm not trying to be mean' .... I'm still laughing! SO sweet!

[@MminaMaclang]

Being in the Philippines where there are a large variety of banana strains growing and being consumed, I wonder what kind of world it is like to only eat a Cavendish and never taste a Latundan, or a Señorita, or Saba. Or never having eaten a banana with actual seeds!!!! Not even in their childhood? WEIRD

[@thestudentofficial5483]

Mmina Maclang in indonesia we also feel same. we got tanduk, ambon, uli, etc

[@shadestained]

I've never even heard those words used in the context of banana varieties. The only time I've eaten a non-cavendish banana was when a relative brought a bunch of these small ones back from Brazil. I brought some to class (at the time I was in 3rd grade or so?) and everyone thought they were fake, so yeah, many North Americans are uneducated in the fact that multiple types if bananas even exist haha.

[@thestudentofficial5483]

E D U C A T E D E M M A S S

[@vinceespada750]

He Is Awoken't And You Will Worship Him big talk from a guy who dont even know what a bidet is. haha

[@3of930]

Mmina Maclang - Exactly. I lived there for eight years. Loved the food and the people. I miss Baguio and Lumpia 🙂

[@loubrady5541]

I have a coworker that is genuinely scared of bananas. He thinks that they are the "forbidden fruit" and then they will somehow not only kill us, but damn our souls to hell, as well. Hopefully his mom didn't feed him mashed bananas when he was a baby! Lol

[@gilbertroyalva]

lol story.

[@angxtrom]

when I hear about irrational and religious fears, it just makes me want to rent a storage unit, buy a chair, some rope and one banana so I can lock that idiot in there until the banana is eaten or he starves to death. ...it's science

[@emeraldgal28]

This is a sign of mental illness

[@HummingbirdCyborg]

Penis fruit.

[@paperchaseruzumaki4597]

it was said in the bible that when adam and eve ate the fruit they realized they were naked and covered their selves with the leaf of the tree, and because the bananna tree has huge leaves they beleive this was the fruit ...

[@Brooke_sig73103]

So I shouldnt eat bananas? Nah I'm still making banana smoothies

[@JessaGrace091887]

So I'm lucky because I grew up eating bananas from the tree.

[@PumperKrickel]

Depends on whether or not it´s a cavendish tree.

[@JessaGrace091887]

+Michael Morales I don't like Cavendish anyway. We have different bananas here.

[@apexmike849]

+Michael Morales Pedantic maybe, but they aren't trees. The banana is a large herb.

[@OGJuic]

ApexMike the only kind of large herb that grew things were the herbs back when the dinosaurs were alive and yes they were herbs not trees but u tried

[@apexmike849]

Damaged Dan What part of 'herbaceous flowering plant' disagrees with your assertion, exactly? en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Banana

[@guilherme1421]

well, this video is quite strange to me, because i'm brazilian, and i'm used to go to the market and choose my favorite type of banana; and that makes me think about that one species of banana that everybody eat. also i dont think that the brazilian bananas are infertile, because i am also used to grow banana trees in my backyard

[@memeking912]

Guilherme klein The cavendish banana is grown only by corperate companies like dale not local farmers because cavendish bananas are sterile.

[@Nekoszowa]

Well, the rest of us eats basically the worst bananas out there... Because these are the only one they can export(import?) to our countries xd

[@guilherme1421]

naren sri If there is one thing I can tell you is that I'm not a local farmer. I live in the big city, but back in the day, I had a rather big house with a decent backyard, we used to buy bananas in the market and then put the seeds in there ps: I live in Florianópolis, Santa Catarina, if you wanna check how big it is, it is not that big actually, but there are no farms here

[@LadyTanyaNY]

The video makes it seem like there will be no bananas to eat if the cavendish goes extinct. So I'm glad that you educated us that there will always be bananas, and that we Americans just need to stop being so close minded!

[@MaiaPalazzo]

Lady Tanya exactly!

[@franckbynature5141]

You should really put subtitles on your videos for ease of comprehension. You talk very quickly, people's first language may not be English, the listener may in fact be D/deaf/hard of hearing, or may have a difficulty with processing verbal information. Anyway, subtitles would just make your amazing videos more accessible.

[@CrazyBear65]

***** Thanx. That's some funny shit. Slow it down to .25% and not only does he sound wasted, but his movements have trails like you're trippin on some good paper acid.

[@franckbynature5141]

***** It would still be better to put subtitles on, though.

[@qwerty49424]

i have to do this in caps, DID YOU KNOW, THERE IS A BUTTON IN THE VIDEO WINDOW,GUES WHAT THAT BUTTON SAIS "CC" CLOSE CAPTION GUES WHAT THAT MEANS? IT MEANS SUBTITLES. FOR THE DEAF AND HARD OF HEARING :o MIND BLOWN.

[@qwerty49424]

but they are there. people were complaining there was none, but they exist.

[@cynnx7500]

"CC Subtitles" bro. that's all

[@muhammadfahmi3654]

I just googling what that gros michel banana looks like. For my surprise, that variety originally bring from south east asia and here in indonesia that variety name is Ambon (pisang ambon). Maybe it is extinct in america but still available widely in Indonesia.

[@jacobjosephcooper6205]

If you had a true Gros Michel then you would probably be a billionaire by now.

[@tiffanysketches]

I hate bananas. They smell bad, they're squishy, banana breath is the worst. But I did always wonder why candy bananas never tasted like real bananas.

[@funkiemunkytootiedo]

Banana burps are the worst in my opinion. You can brush your teeth and use mouth wash to get rid of banana breath, but you will be burping banana for the rest of the day. ITS AWFUL!!!!!!!

[@wyattwilliams7972]

I love the story of the Banana. Can you do a story of Milk? I'm 62 and still mis the yeast of milk from my youth in elementary school. They used to come in glass bottles with cardboard caps.

[@abaddon130]

It's pus

[@aditisk99]

@@abaddon130 What? 😳

[@happydays8171]

That was cream that came to the top. We used to go to the dairy with the glass bottles and a wide mouth, turn in our old bottles for filled ones. That was when milk just had to be homogenized, I'm 60. We'd buy 5 gallons at a time, would last our family of 8 a week.

[@loraweems8712]

What State are you in? It's legal in many areas to buy raw (tested) cows milk. I'm in Texas here, it's legal to sell to private individuals from the farm.

[@FloozieOne]

And when you took off the cardboard caps they were coated with risen cream and you could lick them off. Delicious.

[@thecowfy]

after hearing this, i'm going bananas.

[@drivebyfruitings6845]

have you ever tried to throw them off of a building???

[@ericaorsomething7480]

Aha I see what ya did there!

[@twitchiewitch1]

Awesome! Thank you! So glad I clicked on this video! I didn't know ANY of this! So cool!

[@sleepypenguin7156]

in Indonesia we have like 20 kinds of banana..the size varies from small to big, even the taste is different from sour to sweet...i know like 4 kinds of them (the one i usually eat)...cavendish usually sold at supermarket/minimarket..for the other kinds of banana you can find it only at tradional market

[@EirinYagokoro]

Same thing here in the Philippines, the most common here are lakatan, saba and latundan. The banana showed in the video are the crappy tasting ones mass produced for supermarkets.

[@orbitingeyes2540]

Sleepy Penguin, I like those stubby ones.

[@marshaw652]

The small short red ones are great. I planted a banana tree this year, but when I bought it no name was listed. It is supposed to produce after 2-3 seasons. Hope it does! I hope it's the small red variety! They taste amazing!

[@divine308]

So your saying the yellow bannanas I've been eating my whole life I got from supermarkets and stores are just one type of banana called the cavendish banana do other bananas come in different colors besides the green to yellow cavendish ones

[@eudofia]

Plasma. Yes, they do come in different shapes, sizes, and color. You have short ones, long ones, fat ones. in color, you have some reddish ones and some that are a custard color

[@neoman289151]

We need to bring back the Gros Michel, if for its flavour alone. We're a smart enough species, we could probably figure out how to keep them safe.

[@kezkezooie8595]

I've gotten used to the lesser flavour of cavendish bananas but the ones I ate as a kid growing up in the 1960s tasted so much better. I'd disagree with Hank about banana flavoured lollies tasting like bananas tasted then though. They taste like chemicals and not like any banana I've ever eaten. I hated artificial banana flavoured lollies even back in the 60s - they were putrid then and they're putrid now and even as a sugar loving kid I would choose a banana over those chemical flavoured monstrosities.

[@kevinslater4126]

Fun fact, you can still buy Gros Michel. There are some islands where the Gros Michel survived and places such as Florida still grow them.

[@latenighter1965]

science should build a machine to go back in time and bring that banana back to existance.

[@matts.1352]

Hollywood already tried this, someone almost became their own grandpa before going back to the future.

[@latenighter1965]

actually a movie did do that, it was called TimeRider, i own it on dvd.

[@GeFlixes]

Well... Watch Steins;Gate :D

[@epic_cheese_cat]

we know how to make a time machine work, we just can't build it

[@blizzard0508]

DJ_The_Great Maybe if we go forward in time, we'll finally have the technology!

[@drewn4344]

Maybe it's part of Bill Gate's banana eugenics program.

[@WatchingMyLifeFlashB]

Drew Nuernberger He's got a personal seed bunker with heirloom seeds for himself & his cronies. He'll be alright. You, I & everyone else are who he wants to depopulate. I'd really be surprised if he isn't one of the sponsors of the Georgia Guidestones. His eradication of regular polio in India through oral administration of a live, weakened virus has caused a wild polio uptake due to shedding of recipients, no sanitary sewers, & contaminated water supplies. That's how you depopulate using vaccines. And make sure the government keeps giving kids dose after dose, at checkpoints, against their will, no matter how many doses they've already had, even if there's proof. There might be an old, sick, or undernourished member in the household who needs that virus shed to them so they can die. Thanks, Bill, love you humanitarian efforts. The US isn't quite ready for your forced vax, so you'll HELP out the other countries 1st. Ya' figure just another US generation or so to die off before people stop thinking they're that archaic concept: free? Working your way toward that 500,000,000 people goal the best way you can

[@rastapatchmail2357]

I remember those bananas. They were so good.

[@williamwagener]

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[@oldtimedrumcorps]

@@williamwagener banana splits now I remember the taste of those bananas at Woolworths food bar. OOOHHH Yeah

[@queenmichelle3308]

rastapatch Mail ,how old are you I've never seen one

[@oldtimedrumcorps]

@@queenmichelle3308 they were sweeter and more flavorful and had no aftertaste the seeds were a bit darker and they didnt have a trace of bitter .They seemed smaller as well. The texture was softer , not as grainy even without being completely ripe .Yes , to me they really were that much better . They were scrumptious in Rice Krispies or plain Cheerios. You really didnt need to apply sugar to the cereal . the aroma would permeate a room . YUUUUUM

[@milojanis4901]

I went bananas over them!!!

[@briancherry8088]

Suddenly the most important thing is to now try a banana that tastes like "banana".

[@JazneoGaming]

they need to make banana last longer then 3 days

[@Patback22]

strawberries too!

[@Xplorer228]

Put plastic wrap around the stems of the bananas and it prevents ethylene gas from initiating the ripening process on under-ripe bananas. It makes them stay fresh for over a week and longer.

[@JellybellyWaffles]

Patback22 Just put them in a fridge. Why don't people do that?

[@a1rh3add]

daboognish88 Also, separating the bunch slows down the ripening process.

[@WatchingMyLifeFlashB]

Jazneo Gaming Keep them away from apples. They release a gas which makes them ripen faster. If you want them to ripen faster, put them in a brown paper bag with an apple.

[@TheRealisticNihilist]

I'm so angry that I never got to eat a gros michel.

[@kaiphillips5246]

***** They are not extinct, just very rare. You can still find them in some places, mostly in thailand.

[@muzzammil697]

***** we have apples grapes avocados pears dates, you should try dates from the middle east

[@kaylawalker4475]

Freelee we have bad news....

[@imagomonkei]

She'll have to find a new super fruit.

[@kaylawalker4475]

Seth Moore lmao

[@hagenwcx1435]

She needs to stop eating my bananas

[@MrBracey100]

ROFLMAO!!!

[@KhanhTheLearner]

In Vietnam, we use the wild 'seeded' variety to make an alcohol. It's not really a social drink, though, but treated more like a medicine or supplement. We also harvest some bananas young specifically for the sourness and astringency, rather than the sweetness, and we eat it like an American would have pickles: thinly sliced to accompany heavily seasoned BBQ meat or wraps. I did not like these as a kid but now I can tolerate a few slices. We even harvest the banana flower! If you rip it up and fry it, it tastes heavenly. Much better than potato chips. But I always feel a bit guilty when eating it, though, because harvesting the one banana flower means you don't get hundreds of banana fruits.

[@200odd300]

He wanted to be silly at the end but then realized what he was doing XD

[@christopherellis2663]

Yes, we have no bananas

[@DavesChaoticBrain]

So, by growing new banana plants from clippings of other banana plants, does that mean all bananas we eat are essentially clones of each other?

[@GioIndustry]

Yes they are clones just like marijuana can be cloned buy cutting a low branch and splitting the bottom of it into 8 long pieces kind of like roots then re planting it with a white root hormone powder itll grow into the same plant

[@Simes158]

Absolutely. A perfect genetic clone of the parent plant.

[@hezechiahjones8365]

Not really vlones but more like all of them are the same plant.

[@calebroach4008]

Most of them being an off shoot of an original plant you can only assume that somewhere along the line they must have started from a seed just like every other plant out there.

[@LuxiusDK]

caleb roach Cause natural things can reproduce on their own? That's why the modern banana isn't natural.

[@shylarie1311]

Thank you for this information, I’m certainly grateful. I have to only watch these videos 3 times and in .75x speed in order to completely comprehend what you’re talking about 😅❤️