We have a group of banana plants out back - 6 or so. We have had fruit from them before, but at the moment, 3 of them are actively fruiting - one in particular is ready for cutting.
New Year's Eve I noticed the top bunch was turning yellow - I said to Lisle, we need to cut that one before the birds get them.
New Year's Day came and went - no, we weren't hungover - just occupied with other stuff - window washing etc.
This afternoon, the howler monkey started up about 1:00 pm. It is an odd time for him to howl and he was very close, so I went to look out back.
Something was in the banana plant having a feast - thought it might have been a howler - turned out to be a Pizote. The howler was probably screeching for him to get away from the feast.
About 1/3 of the bunch chewed on.
So we went out with the Machete and hacked at the tree. The plan was I chopped and Lisle eased the tree to the ground - well not quite. I chopped - Lisle said it's coming down and pushed it away from him and it crashed to the ground - bunch of bananas first. The ripe and half chewed ones sprayed everywhere. Managed to save about 1/3 of the bunch. I am sure the Pizote will be back to clean up.
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