# Will Bananas go extinct? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [May 22, 2006, 11:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-bananas-go-extinct/357837 "2006-05-22T23:33:29Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![pool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pool/32/4152_2.png) [@pool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pool)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2006, 11:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-bananas-go-extinct/357837/1 "2006-05-22T23:33:29Z")
According to this article bananas may become no more. I find it a little hard to believe they couldn’t grow just as well somewhere else. > **[A future with no bananas?](https://www.newscientist.com/article/dn9152-a-future-with-no-bananas/?ignored=irrelevant)** > > The world's most popular fruit and the fourth most important food crop of any sort is in deep trouble, as wild and traditional varieties collapse in India ---
**Author:** ![YaWanna](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/bbce88/32.png) [@YaWanna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/YaWanna)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2006, 11:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-bananas-go-extinct/357837/2 "2006-05-22T23:38:59Z")
I saw a piece on this on the news (CBS, I think it was) years ago. I also think it’s been refuted that bananas are in danger of becoming extinct, but I don’t recall the source. ---
**Author:** ![SkeptiJess](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea666f/32.png) [@SkeptiJess](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SkeptiJess)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2006, 11:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-bananas-go-extinct/357837/3 "2006-05-22T23:42:45Z")
According to Snopes, those of us who love bananas don’t have to worry just yet. [Linky.](http://www.snopes.com/food/warnings/bananas.asp) ---
**Author:** ![Eureka](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/74df32/32.png) [@Eureka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eureka)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2006, 11:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-bananas-go-extinct/357837/4 "2006-05-22T23:51:17Z")
There was an article in Popular Science within the last year or so on the efforts being made to develop a replacement variety of bananas in case the present one is wiped out due to a pest or something( I can’t remember what the threat they were afraid of was). ---
**Author:** ![Winston\_Smith](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e95f7d/32.png) [@Winston\_Smith](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Winston_Smith)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2006, 12:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-bananas-go-extinct/357837/5 "2006-05-23T00:50:02Z")
Good riddence, I say. Stupid bananas. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![HelloKitty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/ecccb3/32.png) [@HelloKitty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HelloKitty)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2006, 12:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-bananas-go-extinct/357837/6 "2006-05-23T00:59:06Z")
Bananas are vile, putrid fruits. May they spawn no more!!! ---
**Author:** ![Winston\_Smith](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e95f7d/32.png) [@Winston\_Smith](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Winston_Smith)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2006, 1:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-bananas-go-extinct/357837/7 "2006-05-23T01:06:25Z")
> [@HelloKitty](#): > > Bananas are vile, putrid fruits. May they spawn no more!!! Ah, you share my disdain for this sorry excuse for a fruit! Bravo! ---
**Author:** ![Roland\_Orzabal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c2a13f/32.png) [@Roland\_Orzabal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Roland_Orzabal)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2006, 1:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-bananas-go-extinct/357837/8 "2006-05-23T01:07:30Z")
**Will Bananas go extinct?** More importantly, if they do, will that insipid song go with them? ---
**Author:** ![photopat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/e95f7d/32.png) [@photopat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/photopat)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2006, 1:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-bananas-go-extinct/357837/9 "2006-05-23T01:09:10Z")
Probably not, I mean, according to Kirk Cameron they’re proof of Intelligent Design, so I’m sure the “designer” wouldn’t let them go extinct, right? :dubious: :dubious: :dubious: :dubious: :dubious: :dubious: :dubious: :dubious: :dubious: :dubious: :dubious: :dubious: :dubious: :dubious: :dubious: :dubious: :dubious: :dubious: :dubious: :dubious: :dubious: :dubious: :dubious: :dubious: :dubious: :dubious: :dubious: :dubious: :dubious: :dubious: :dubious: :dubious: Right? Sigh. Stupid bananas ---
**Author:** ![pool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pool/32/4152_2.png) [@pool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pool)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2006, 1:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-bananas-go-extinct/357837/10 "2006-05-23T01:14:51Z")
Hey screw you all Bananas are awesome. ---
**Author:** ![pool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pool/32/4152_2.png) [@pool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pool)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2006, 1:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-bananas-go-extinct/357837/11 "2006-05-23T01:15:52Z")
:mad: ---
**Author:** ![Patty\_O\_Furniture](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/96bed5/32.png) [@Patty\_O\_Furniture](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Patty_O_Furniture)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2006, 1:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-bananas-go-extinct/357837/12 "2006-05-23T01:19:46Z")
> [@photopat](#): > > Probably not, I mean, according to Kirk Cameron they’re proof of Intelligent Design, so I’m sure the “designer” wouldn’t let them go extinct, right?Stupid bananas Really? The stupid things grow upside-down. Intelligent design, my ass. ---
**Author:** ![Rufus\_Xavier](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/eada6e/32.png) [@Rufus\_Xavier](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rufus_Xavier)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2006, 1:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-bananas-go-extinct/357837/13 "2006-05-23T01:20:31Z")
> [@Roland Orzabal](#): > > **Will Bananas go extinct?** > > More importantly, if they do, will that insipid song go with them? Doubtful. In fact, if the unthinkable scenario we are discussing here ever does come to pass, the song ( I assume you refer to “Yes, We Have No Bananas”) will have more relevance than ever before. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![SkeptiJess](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea666f/32.png) [@SkeptiJess](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SkeptiJess)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2006, 3:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-bananas-go-extinct/357837/14 "2006-05-23T03:34:21Z")
\*\*pool]/b] is right. Bananas are a wonderful fruit. They are yellow – every reasonable person’s favorite color. They come in their own convenient packaging. They are an excellent source of potassium, fiber and vitamin C. You can use them to make several yummy desserts such as Banana Cream Pie, Bananas Foster, and Banana Pudding. In a pinch, you can even use them as a marital aide. Try _that_ with an effing apple! ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2006, 4:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-bananas-go-extinct/357837/15 "2006-05-23T04:31:12Z")
Bananas are great, and “banana” is a great word. So I’m glad the extinction stuff is not a major concern. ---
**Author:** ![Kythereia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e8c25b/32.png) [@Kythereia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kythereia)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2006, 5:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-bananas-go-extinct/357837/16 "2006-05-23T05:07:44Z")
But what would we call a banana split? ---
**Author:** ![Critical\_Mass](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f1d935/32.png) [@Critical\_Mass](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Critical_Mass)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2006, 5:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-bananas-go-extinct/357837/17 "2006-05-23T05:07:52Z")
Bananas are only edible during an approximate 48 hour window. Green bananas - not good eating. Ripe bananas - not good eating. During transition from green to ripe before any brown spots start to appear. Ambrosia. Once the first brown spot appears they become banana bread ingredients. Random banana fact - they do not fly well. Don’t know if it’s pressurization or reduced oxygen, but they turn icky at some point in an airplane. ---
**Author:** ![Campion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/4491bb/32.png) [@Campion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Campion)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2006, 5:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-bananas-go-extinct/357837/18 "2006-05-23T05:10:52Z")
**qwest** , you have a Ph.D. in banananess. Bananas have such a narrow window of edible-ness, and banana foods that taste like banana are icky. Should the banana go extinct, I would not weep for it. ---
**Author:** ![Snooooopy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ee7513/32.png) [@Snooooopy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snooooopy)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2006, 5:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-bananas-go-extinct/357837/19 "2006-05-23T05:19:43Z")
Gwen Stefani would have to sing, “This shit is not bananas, B-A-N-A-N-A-S / because bananas are extinct, E-X-T-I-N … uh, er … K? Q? Damn, this is hard.” ---
**Author:** ![if6was9](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/e47c2d/32.png) [@if6was9](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/if6was9)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2006, 5:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-bananas-go-extinct/357837/20 "2006-05-23T05:21:47Z")
> [@Kythereia](#): > > But what would we call a banana split? Same thing… because the banana split… _groan_ [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-bananas-go-extinct/357837.md?page=2)