"Darwin knows what cameras look like and how to avoid them. From inside his enclosure, the monkey of Toronto Ikea parking lot fame spots us out of the corner of his eye and bolts under the table. The now 13-year-old Japanese macaque has seen enough of the spotlight to last a lifetime. Darwin was just a baby when he was found in a North York Ikea parking lot in 2012, wearing a diaper and shearling coat, and seized by animal services."
"When she saw the videos of Darwin circulating online, she noticed he was walking around on two feet Japanese macaques are naturally quadrupeds. She said the video made her think the coat and diaper were too small for his body. Liepa said she thinks Darwin's upbringing around humans has made him shy around strangers as an adult. "He probably doesn't feel as comfortable being around people, because he was forced to be around people when he didn't necessarily want to be."
Darwin, a 13-year-old Japanese macaque, was found as a baby in a North York Ikea parking lot in 2012 wearing a diaper and shearling coat and was seized by animal services. Darwin now lives at Story Book Farm Primate Sanctuary in Sunderland, Ont., where he avoids cameras, prefers using his indoor swing and eating grapes, and shows shyness likely linked to early human exposure. The sanctuary, home to 24 monkeys and lemurs, is Canada's only primate sanctuary and has reached maximum capacity, forcing staff to turn away additional monkeys in need of homes.
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