Look up the history of the banana trade.
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They tend to go extinct every so often and need a different variety to replace them.
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Also you harvest them every two weeks. Want to sell them already? Just stick them under a plastic carp for a couple of days and they'll be ripe and yellow.
The bad part is loading trucks of bananas is hard work, those things are heavy.
will any plastic fish work or is it necessary to have a plastic carp?
Carp for best results, may be substituted with salmon or tuna but do not expect the same quality.
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I've got 2 bad things
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The included wrapper isn't very rigid and can split and mash around. I've had several bananas turn to paste if they are forgotten about in a backpack or work their way to the bottom and end up crushed by other items.
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Fruit flies.
Banana smell is so powerful if you leave a banana in the fridge over night any unprotected food will taste like a banana
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Honeybee alarm pheromone smells exactly like bananas.
If you're a beekeeper you either already know about it or can test it. Just make sure you're in a bee suit, they will attack you.
They're lousy as long term art pieces.
I can name one bad thing. It was used as example of intelligent design by Kirk Cameron…
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They attract mosquitoes
The new banana isn't as sweet as the old banana and the old one doesn't seem to be coming back?
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