The correct way to peel a banana

 Often times people peel bananas from the stem down. This causes them to bruise and get mushy after a few attempts. Monkeys do not peel bananas like this. They peel them from the top down. 

Here are some steps and images to explain the process. 

Step 1 Locating the top!

 Make sure to find the end of the banana opposite from the stem.

Comments

[Spd]

If you use the opener ("stem") on the other end of it, you can keep your nails clean ;)

btw, great thing that *anything* can be found on the Internet :)

[aeray]

After travelling extensively in Central America, I can confirm that this is indeed the way that monkeys peel bananas. Do you doubt the wisdom of the mono?

[KH0RSH1D]

 haha thanks for the confirmation!

[Focker]

 It's just like picking off a scab, it works real nice.

[Ghostc4]

 This also makes it so you don't have the stringie things

[Jayefuu]

Wrong end!

[truncat]

If you've got thumbnails at all you can always dig your thumbnail in a little to the inner curved part of the stem right where it meets the banana. Once there's a cut there, it's easy to peel the stem back from it without mushiness. I can't see how this way is a lot better... maybe it's easier to take the black bottom part off if you have short thumbnails?

[Evilthingamabober]

 Meh. I prefer breaking the banana's neck. It looks more awesome.