Darwin makes a monkey out of shoppers

A stylishly dressed monkey that caused a frenzy as it wandered around the parking lot of a Canadian Ikea store will be transferred to a sanctuary.

Toronto police were called to the furniture store on Sunday after the monkey escaped from its cage and began running around a parking area.

One witness, Bronwin Page, said the animal, identified as a five-month- old male Rhesus macaque, looked scared as it scurried around the ever growing crowd of people.

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