Just when you thought you’ve seen it all, along comes a call for an investigation into Dez Bryant’s monkey.

Bryant posted a picture of himself with a tiny capuchin monkey that he called “Dallas Bryant” and his new best friend in the photo’s caption. That caught the eye of animal rights groups, who spoke to TMZ Sports to say that it was “completely irresponsible” to have such an animal as a pet and that Bryant “will live to regret it.”

There’s no confirmation that Bryant is keeping the animal as a pet (although he wouldn’t be the first Cowboy wideout to do so), but now PETA has also waded into the story. Ian Rapoport of NFL Media reports that the organization has asked Desoto, Texas Animal Control to look into Bryant’s “possibly illegal possession” of a monkey.

“Monkeys belong in the wild — not [for] football players who acquire exotic animals just to make a splash on Instagram,” Brittany Peet of PETA said.

We’ll see how things play out for little Dallas Bryant, but hopefully we’ll get to the really important business and find out if he thinks Dez caught the ball in Green Bay last season.

[Photo via Dez Bryant’s Instagram account]