How to Eat a Banana Like a Monkey

 by fungus amungus
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The actual eating isn't too different from humans. The real magic is in how monkeys peel their banana to get at the goodness inside.

Bananas are delicious and work like a charm in pancakes, but odds are you're peeling them the way that you've been taught and never thought about it. So let's do it like the experts: monkeys.
 
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Step 1: Get a banana

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This part is easy and open to some choice. This banana is nice and evenly yellow. I like mine to have more brown on the outside while others insist on there being a little green. Hey, it's your banana, I'm just here to tell you about peeling it.
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supertoria12 says: Mar 11, 2011. 12:52 PM
We humans clearly have a lot to learn from our fellow primates.
SpiroExDeus in reply to supertoria12Jan 16, 2012. 5:46 AM
Yeah although you could quite convincingly argue that they have a lot more to learn from us.

Like language, writing, network routing...
dalphonse in reply to SpiroExDeusMar 31, 2013. 12:39 PM
money
mandiecb says: Jan 29, 2013. 8:31 AM
This is the only way I've ever known to peel a banana...didn't know there was any other way!
benderbrasil says: Jun 14, 2012. 4:26 PM
guy here in Brazil everyone eats bananas as well without needing any instructable. make this instructable for me was a waste of time because everyone knows eating bananas as well.
fungus amungus (author) in reply to benderbrasilJun 14, 2012. 4:44 PM
Americans haven't been having a problem eating them either. I put this up because most people here eat them by opening from the other end.
benderbrasil in reply to fungus amungusJun 15, 2012. 9:03 AM
oh good. now yes I understand
palmtree2C says: Jan 27, 2012. 2:58 PM
I read in a magazine I think it was Wierd and that ripe bananas glow under a black light and that the peel can be used to filter water. I don't remember if they said what it filtered out. ??????
batonas says: Jul 16, 2011. 5:39 AM
not every people are smart as a monkey to figure out this one.
patriots8888 says: Jul 14, 2011. 2:15 PM
Do you think monkeys teach monkeys how to eat a banana like a human O.o im jk


good istructable 5*
happyjo says: Jan 13, 2011. 3:37 PM
SO wonderful!
your dog says: Nov 22, 2010. 9:08 AM
This is actually a great way to eat a banana. I have been eating them this way for years. It also doesn't bruise as easily this way!
aradi says: Nov 9, 2010. 11:47 PM
Some times monkeys open the banana peel with their mouth
wobbler says: Sep 26, 2010. 8:32 AM
I've seen monkeys eating bananas and they don't do it quite like this. Shouldn't you be peeling the banana with your feet whilst picking your bum with one hand and your nose with the other whilst hanging from a tree with your tail?
Daddio_UK says: Feb 25, 2008. 1:16 AM
You can live on bananas alone.. but you get all fat .. like an American.
ReWood in reply to Daddio_UKJun 26, 2010. 5:18 PM
Don't bananas tend to make you poop? Or is it constipated . . . like a Brit? ?:op
NatureBoom21 in reply to Daddio_UKSep 19, 2009. 6:43 PM
lol
marcnh in reply to Daddio_UKMay 12, 2009. 8:11 AM
I'll tell you a story. :) I have worked with people from:brazil, comumbia, peru, china, thailand, kazakhstan, latvia, lithuania, poland, croatia, ect..lalala - and when they come to this country and work, they gain weight! Usually 5-15 pounds, more around 5-10 pounds. I really think it's our artificial, processed food with all the chemicals. I would see them eating a huge plate of food, which is what they are accustomed to because their diet is more wholesome. So, one reason we are fat is because of the lack of whole foods. I tell ya - people just can't cook in the usa. They want "heat and eat"! Also it's the addicting "pop" that gets em. Lastly, people here think they will die or get sick if they miss a couple meals, and missing meals is healthy in my opinion, everything needs a break. peace.
ReWood in reply to marcnhJun 26, 2010. 5:30 PM
Plus, these people eat large helpings because they WORK for a living! They work it off. Oh, and for the record: "Wholesome" does NOT equal "OK-to-eat-a-truckload". Wholesome food is only healthy in moderation, like everything else. You can still die from ODing on organic, free range eggs and bacon . . . (of course your chances for growing a third arm out of one side of your forehead are GREATLY diminished . . . so there's that). Relax. Have a homebrew! ?:op
hammertong in reply to marcnhNov 4, 2009. 12:37 PM
 America was founded on sugar. After realizing how much easier and quicker it was to grow than tobacco, early settlers made their money on sugar crops. You're also right about Americans being obsessed with the "heat-n-eat" style food. Many people can go years, or their entire life without ever cooking for themselves. Plus most processed foods contain high amounts of sodium as a preservative leading to high blood pressure and heart disease. Not all Americans are fat though, there are fat people in every country, and skinny people. It doesn't matter where you're from.
lakattack in reply to hammertongAug 24, 2010. 1:38 AM
My goodness. A Whole lifetime of never cooking? I mean, I can try, but I still don't think I can imagine it. It's too sad.
generator in reply to marcnhOct 18, 2009. 5:52 PM
 when you say "pop", of corse, you mean "soda" (i'm from california)
lakattack in reply to generatorAug 24, 2010. 1:38 AM
It's sodapop.
godzillalikespie in reply to generatorNov 8, 2009. 1:55 PM
I'm not from California, but I always say soda....  wierd
Vulcanator in reply to Daddio_UKApr 22, 2009. 6:45 AM
not all americans are fat, most of my friend are skinny
EnigmaMax in reply to Daddio_UKJul 13, 2008. 9:53 PM
not for very long. taking in massive amounts of potassium can kill you. of course, too much of anything can kill you.
n8man in reply to EnigmaMaxJul 15, 2008. 9:12 PM
You can actually die from water poisoning.
marcnh in reply to n8manMay 12, 2009. 7:57 AM
it's called water intoxication.
jakee117 in reply to n8manDec 12, 2008. 1:04 PM
I heard about that, a radio show had a contest to see who could drink the most water without going to the bathroom, and someone died... don't remember where I heard it...
Daddio_UK in reply to n8manAug 6, 2008. 7:49 PM
Some people can't tell how much water they need and drink untill the brain swells up and then die.. well, they end up in hospital in reality I guess/ would hope.
Daddio_UK in reply to Daddio_UKAug 6, 2008. 7:53 PM
Just before I was diagnosed as diabetic, I was drinking 15 ltrs a day and washed all the salt out of me until I started to have multiple organ failure.. boring fact and I'm out of this entire convo althogether on that note!. love you guys over the pond really you know!... you are family after all!.
Vulcanator in reply to Daddio_UKApr 22, 2009. 6:44 AM
we love you guys over the pond too Awww Group hug!
Daddio_UK in reply to VulcanatorApr 22, 2009. 1:24 PM
lol @ this thread still going on
nonickname in reply to Daddio_UKJun 15, 2009. 2:06 AM
Lol. The water thing you talk about It's common in raves and the like where people pop some pills and have no idea of what they're doing or what they've done. Drinking too much, etc leads to the cells swelling with water and eventually bursting. It's very uncommon though, they're more likely to dehydrate themselves.
CaptainWow in reply to nonicknameJun 19, 2009. 10:17 PM
yeah, bananas are tasty.
dombeef in reply to Daddio_UKMar 12, 2009. 4:04 PM
Wow.
EnigmaMax in reply to n8manJul 16, 2008. 11:36 AM
you mean too much water or poisoned water?
n8man in reply to EnigmaMaxJul 16, 2008. 11:52 AM
too much water
EnigmaMax in reply to n8manJul 16, 2008. 2:12 PM
yeah, I remember that on a radio.
UltraMagnus in reply to EnigmaMaxAug 5, 2008. 2:08 PM
you can die from oxygen poisoning too...
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