Though the world may be shocked to learn that bananas as we know them may soon go extinct thanks to a fungus outbreak, vegans are far from surprised.
Rumors of bananas’ possible fate have long served as a mainstay on Vegan forums, including r/vegan back in 2020.
Bananas could go extinct due to fungus outbreak, scientists say https://t.co/WZOyyrIsaO pic.twitter.com/NYpmMhPlk0
— New York Post (@nypost) October 25, 2023
“I have seen an article about bananas being endangered for at least the past three years. I understand how disease spreads and how plantations/farms would need to seek protection and get infections under control,” user r/TraderOats wrote.
“However, is there truly any merit to this bold extinction claim?” the evidently concerned vegan asked their fellow herbivores. “Do we actually need to worry about losing bananas? Does anyone know if it’s actually growing in severity? It’s hard to determine the reliability of news sources nowadays.”
Though at the time, the answer needed a bit more investigation — “So if there is a bug that is really good at killing this specific Banana, it could easily kill every banana plantation there is if we are not careful,” replied u/GregolasxD” — it appears these threats are even more real in our current climate.
Won't someone think of the bananas pic.twitter.com/CieJSEstaP
— Craig (@NineNineCraig) October 25, 2023
“Nobody is even close to solving the problem,” Banana author Dan Koeppel explained of the latest outbreak. "The answer is going to be the end of monoculture. The answer is variety."
As Gwen Stefani so aptly put it back in 2005, “this s—t is bananas! B-A-N-A-N-A-S!”
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