No. It's Hollywood's generalisation 🤷♂️ Like us, monkeys and apes are omnivores. Now why is an omnivore only interested in one type of fruit... banana 🍌? 🤔 Why indeed... But if offered one, certainly, don't mind if I do! Banana is not naturally their diet in the wild because: Banana plantations are human territories. Wild banana plants clusters are not monkeys' or apes' main habitats — and the wild banana fruits are not tasty like the human-designed monocultures. Hence, humans designed the monocultures to produce the tasty banana fruits. This should loop back to point 1. The monocot plant itself is not even something they would climb and settle , as in sit or come to rest in a comfortable position . Imagine... 🐒 What's this? A bit of vertical challenge, eh? (Proceeds to climb a banana plant in under two seconds.) 🐒 Ah, quite marvellous here. Nature's cushion at its finest. The view... It's all obstructed. Mm, ...