Why you have been spent your entire life peeling bananas the WRONG way: Video demonstrates the squish-free method

You'd think that after millions of years of evolution, humans would have cracked the simple task of peeling a banana, but apparently not.



The best way to do it, contrary to how most us have been taught, is just like our predecessor monkey friends do: upside down.



YouTube user Crazy Bananas - a comical mystery male wearing monkey underwear - uploaded an enlightening video demonstration of this life hack, and shows that pinching the opposite (non-stem) end of a banana will split the skin swiftly into two segments, making peeling easy - and bruise free.



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Method: Hold the banana upside down (left) and then pinch the tip between your thumb and forefingers (right)



Genius: The skin will split cleanly in half (left) for a flawless and easy peel (right), and you can use the stem as a handle when you eat it



The monkey method certainly beats trying to snap off a particularly stubborn stem and making a squishy mess of it; and as an added bonus, this technique leaves the stem intact for use as a handle - nature's offering of a Popsicle stick.



The glorious monkey method works every single time and does make you wonder why so many of us have been doing it upside down for most of our adults lives.



'The fact that I am less intelligent than a monkey leaves me puzzled,' claims one commenter on the video, which has amassed over eight million views and presumably transformed the lives of plenty.



'Awesome. I am 62 years old and never knew that,' wrote another. 'So many wrongly peeled bananas.'



Over 100 billion bananas are consumed annually worldwide, and Americans eat more of them than any other fruit on the market. So if word of the improved peeling technique continues to spread, perhaps our generations to come will all be munching on their bananas like monkeys.

