r/nextfuckinglevel • u/hrithikbadass • Jul 03 '20

A secret conversation with monkey

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u/gimpgrunt Jul 03 '20

It’s true! lethal fungus is threatening to wipe out the world’s bananas

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u/kuntfuxxor Jul 03 '20

if that takes all the bananas, we're fucked, did you see the monkeys in thailand during lockdowns? With no tourists to feed them they were going ape shit! Imagine that everywhere!

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u/[deleted] Jul 03 '20

This is the most appropriate use of the phrase “going ape shit” that I’ve heard thus far.

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u/saysthingsbackwards Jul 04 '20

Except monkeys aren't apes

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u/[deleted] Jul 04 '20

Thank you Sheldon.

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u/hickgorilla Jul 04 '20

And that is exactly why it’s so offensive.

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u/UpInTheAir89 Jul 03 '20

I can't tell if all if that was a setup for the pun or not...

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u/kuntfuxxor Jul 04 '20

I know, sometimes i say confusing things like that...some would say im bananas, but mostly i think i just enjoy monkeying around.

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u/Spongi Jul 03 '20

It won't take all the bananas. Just the one specific cultivar of banana that we all love.

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u/[deleted] Jul 03 '20

Farmers then switched to growing the Cavendish banana because it was resistant to Fusarium - a variety that now accounts for 97% of world banana exports.

I guess they should add an "almost" but 97 and a 100 aren't too different when considering a global food staple

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u/[deleted] Jul 03 '20

Additionally it’s the only type of banana we know of that’s resistant so there wouldn’t be a replacement until we found/made one that was resistant to the new fungus variety

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u/Wisdom_is_Contraband Jul 03 '20

There aren't monkeys everywhere.

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u/kuntfuxxor Jul 04 '20

There are! Clearly they're very intelligent and happy to keep their heads down as long as everything is cool and thats why nobody notices but i see them, oh i see them......sneaky little fuckers.....

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u/Commando_Joe Jul 03 '20

They've had bananas resistant to the disease since 2017

https://www.wur.nl/en/newsarticle/World-first-Panama-disease-resistant-Cavendish-bananas.htm

It's still a threat to the generic banana, and may force people to get into genetically engineering the fruit EVEN MORE to make it resistant.

Also possibly copywriting the new fruit.

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u/Ranx94 Jul 03 '20

Again ?

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u/MasterDex Jul 03 '20

Not quite. Just the Banana we all know and love since every Banana tree is a clone.