To peel a banana like a pro, do it like the monkeys. Hold the banana stem side down and pinch the top firmly with your fingertips until it tears. Pull back on the peel…and presto, a ready to eat banana is revealed.
Do gorillas peel bananas before they eat them?
Depending on how hungry they are, gorillas might peel a banana. Sometimes, a gorilla will break the stem, peel the banana, eat the skin, and then the rest of the fruit.
Do monkeys actually eat bananas?
Monkeys probably don't know much about nutrition, but they know they love bananas. Why? It's probably because bananas tend to grow in the hot, tropical areas where monkeys usually live. They're a convenient source of food that happens to taste great and provide a lot of nutrients in a small package.
Do monkeys peel their bananas upside down?
A few years ago, a video went viral claiming that monkeys naturally eat bananas upside down (to be clear, we're talking about the orientation of the fruit, not the primate). Basically, while most of us peel bananas from the stem, the monkeys in question peeled their bananas from the opposite end.
Why monkeys should not eat bananas?
"Giving this fruit to animals is equivalent to giving them cake and chocolate. "Compared to the food they would eat in the wild, bananas are much more energy-dense - they have lots of calories - and contain much more sugar that's bad for their teeth and can lead to diabetes and similar conditions."
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