Most people who don't live in tropical countries with regular access to coconuts think you need a machete or other sharp tool to hack them open and get access to the delicious water and flesh inside. Movies like Cast Away, which features Tom Hanks struggling to open up a coconut, have embedded this idea further. Luckily, coconuts, particularly young ones, are easy to crack open with a few good knocks against a tree or rock. No machetes or other tools are required In this video I show you how you can easily open them up.
