Believe it or not,was HUGELY popular in. Emphasis on 'was'. The country has just banned webcam-loving girls from enjoying the fruit in front of onlookers because, well, you can probably guess why!

"New regulations mean that live-streaming sites must monitor all their output round-the-clock to ensure nothing untoward is going on, keeping an eye out for any "erotic" banana-eating," reports the BBC. And that's not all: "Wearing stockings and suspenders while hosting a live stream is now also forbidden." HUH!

This comes as part of China's ongoing efforts to crack down on activities they believe to be morally wrong and, we have to say, we can kind of see where they're coming from. The popular pastime is extremely sexual and sees young girls (often younger than 18), eating bananas, singing and chatting with viewers who are mostly men and we can all take a wild guess why they're there.

As some folks have pointed out, however, questions remain about what exactly it means to eat the fruit 'suggestively' while others have already offered up potential alternatives, including cucumbers.

The video below is an example of the kind of footage that has been banned - what do you think of the move?