Where is ikea monkey now

He wants his own way. He's like a spoiled teenager. It is, because it just shows how ludicrous his life was as a baby monkey. Monkeys shouldn't be wearing nappies, monkeys shouldn't be on a leash, and they shouldn't be wearing coats. People ask us if we have the coat and I actually don't have a clue where it is. That's probably a good thing. It would probably make a good museum piece. When he came to us, he was eight inches tall when he was sitting down, now he's three to four times the size.

The shearling coat would no way fit him now. It's sad. It reminds you of what happens with baby monkeys—they should be free to jump and run and cuddle with their mothers. But now he's definitely a monkey again. What's the situation with Darwin's new "family"? We're hoping that we can introduce him to two macaques, Cody and Puglsey, who are going to be coming to us in January and we're building a new enclosure for them. These are lab monkeys from a Canadian university, they've finished their research.

So we're hoping we can introduce them to him and that they'll get on well, so their enclosures will be accessible to each other but then with the shift doors, we can separate them if necessary so I think that would be good for him.

Will they get along well? We just have to see what happens. It would've been better to do that when he was younger. We actually had an opportunity to get two other macaques that were at a roadside zoo but Darwin's original owner bought them instead. Darwin the monkey hit the headlines on December 9, , after he was spotted wearing a faux-shearling jacket in an Ikea store. Confused customers took pictures of him after they saw him wandering around aimlessly at the furniture store, in Toronto, Canada.

Remember 6 years ago and Darwin the Ikea monkey? They met at the Story Book Farm, in Sunderland, Ontario, where Darwin has been living for the past few years after being taken away from his owner following the Ikea incident. Get in touch with our news team by emailing us at webnews metro. For more stories like this, check our news page. Today, Darwin now lives with 17 other monkeys, and he has taken a liking to two baboons he lives next to.

Liepa says that although it may be hard to tell for sure, Darwin does appear to be content with his life in the sanctuary. Toronto Ikea monkey still turning heads 5 years after finding fame Five years after he became an international sensation, Darwin, the Ikea monkey, is still turning heads, but now at the primate sanctuary that he calls home. Social Sharing.