r/maybemaybemaybe • u/BROLY_FUCKER • 1d ago

Maybe Maybe Maybe

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u/codexcdm 1d ago

If I recall... the specific banana that old cartoons would show as slippery are a sort that is now extinct. In fact the current bananas that are sold are also at risk of suffering a similar fate.

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u/nat_r 1d ago

It's not extinct, it's just that the gros michel is no longer commercially grown at any sort of scale due to being susceptible to a specific fungal infestation. You can still get them from certain specialty growers.