# How do bananas go extinct? **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [February 1, 2021, 5:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-bananas-go-extinct/932006 "2021-02-01T17:50:30Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 2
**Author:** ![tofor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tofor/32/13727_2.png) [@tofor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tofor)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2021, 6:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-bananas-go-extinct/932006/2 "2021-02-01T18:00:21Z")
The Gros Michel you probably remember is not extinct, but it is susceptible to Panama Disease. It can’t be brought back in bulk because the disease still exists. Previous threads: > [@Is the Banana Doomed?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-banana-doomed/498258/22): > > The article I initially read on this took the view that the Cavendish had been an inferior substitute, taste-wise, for the Gros Michel. Any way they could bring back some disease resistant version of the Gros Michel, sort of like re-planting elms after Dutch Elm Disease? > [@Gros Michel banana vs Cavendish bananas](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gros-michel-banana-vs-cavendish-bananas/728727): > > I was wondering if anyone ever had the Gros Michel cultivar. My understanding is until the 1950s it was the main type of banana. When it became a victim of a fungus disease it was replaced by the Cavendish variety. I was googling around and most people say how superior the flavor of Gros Michel bananas were. I see you can still buy them but as I googled more and more, many people were saying the Gros Michel you can buy today are not the same as the varitey from the 1950s and before. So has an… --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-bananas-go-extinct/932006)._