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Wanna make the headlines? Try some monkey business

Think of what has put (and kept) Toronto in the world headlines in the last few years: Our film festival, our stable banks during the financial crisis, SARS, outlandish mayoral drama and now… a smartly dressed monkey loose in Ikea.
 
"Dubbed on social media networks as the 'Ikea monkey,' the Canadian rhesus macaque monkey was spotted in a parking lot near an Ikea in Toronto before he walked in to the famous Swedish furniture store," reports Australia's Herald Sun.
 
After he was identified as a pet named Darwin, the UK's Sun breathlessly kept on top of the breaking developments in the story. "Last night Darwin was taken to a sanctuary in Ontario triggering a bitter 'custody' battle with his owner—a lawyer from Toronto. Animal experts said Darwin is in lockdown after saying he was a DANGER to humans—and was 'stressed' after having a 'bad day.'
 
Australia's ABC News added a political angle: "Outside Canada's parliament, opposition MP Chris Charlton evoked the monkey in swipes at the government: 'Conservatives are as lost as a monkey in an IKEA. Though at least the monkey was wearing a coat to cover his shame.'"
 
And Hollywood.com speculated on Darwin's future: "Our little monkey friend galavanted into our hearts by way of the Toronto Ikea from whence he was discovered, but that was only the beginning. There's a whole big world out there, and Ikea Monkey is ready for his close-up, Mr. DeMille. So off he went: to Hollywood, of course! There was still so much to learn and explore! But with a single-color dream coat."
 
Read the full stories here and here and here and here
Sources: Herald Sun, The Sun, ABC & Hollywood.com
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