Thirteen years ago, Darwin the Ikea monkey became a global, viral sensation after he was found wearing a tiny shearling coat and a diaper in a parking garage at an Ikea store in North York.

These days, the adult Japanese rhesus macaque stands at about five-foot-four and has a very shy and reserved personality at his home at a sanctuary about 100 kilometres north of Toronto in the community of Sunderland.


Darwin the Ikea monkey, 13 years after he was discovered lost at an Ikea store in North York. Story Book Farm Primate Sanctuary Toronto Star

Darwin was captured at the store on Dec, 9, 2012 by Toronto Animal Services and identified as a prohibited breed in Ontario. The following day, Story Book Farm Primate Sanctuary was asked if they could take him .

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