<img class="styles__noscript__2rw2y" src="https://dsx.weather.com//util/image/w/darwin-ikea-monkey_0.jpg?v=at&w=485&h=273&api=7db9fe61-7414-47b5-9871-e17d87b8b6a0" srcset="https://dsx.weather.com//util/image/w/darwin-ikea-monkey_0.jpg?v=at&w=485&h=273&api=7db9fe61-7414-47b5-9871-e17d87b8b6a0 400w, https://dsx.weather.com//util/image/w/darwin-ikea-monkey_0.jpg?v=ap&w=980&h=551&api=7db9fe61-7414-47b5-9871-e17d87b8b6a0 800w" > Darwin, the "IKEA monkey," is living happily at Story Book Farm Primate Sanctuary in Ontario. (Daina Liepa/Story Book Farm Primate Sanctuary) (Daina Liepa/Story Book Farm Primate Sanctuary)

Who can forget seeing the incredible photographs of Darwin the monkey wearing a coat and frantically darting around a chilly IKEA parking lot in Toronto?

Back in December 2012, the macaque was famously photographed running loose around the entrance of the Swedish furniture store to the bemusement of confused shoppers.

His sighting became an internet sensation, with Darwin being featured in BuzzFeed listicles and landing him on the front page of Reddit. But all of the hubub of online fame can be quite stressful for a little macaque. Since his brief moment in the spotlight, Darwin is now living comfortably at the Story Book Farm Primate Sanctuary.

Daina Liepa, who is a member of the sanctuary's board of directors, spoke with weather.com about how Darwin is doing since his big IKEA adventure three years ago, and explained that he's enjoying life, with a tireless energy.

<img class="styles__noscript__2rw2y" src="https://dsx.weather.com//util/image/w/ap_637848761074_0.jpg?v=at&w=485&h=273&api=7db9fe61-7414-47b5-9871-e17d87b8b6a0" srcset="https://dsx.weather.com//util/image/w/ap_637848761074_0.jpg?v=at&w=485&h=273&api=7db9fe61-7414-47b5-9871-e17d87b8b6a0 400w, https://dsx.weather.com//util/image/w/ap_637848761074_0.jpg?v=ap&w=980&h=551&api=7db9fe61-7414-47b5-9871-e17d87b8b6a0 800w" > (AP Photo/Rex Features) "Darwin loves to be outside," Liepa said. "He runs and jumps and swings, he has all sorts of swing apparatuses — he's a bit of an obnoxious teenager! He has so much energy — he is literally jumping off the walls, he throws things."

All of the monkeys at the facility have the choice to be outdoors or indoors. Some of the monkeys will go outside more regularly than the others. Some of them like to keep to themselves in their own private spaces.

"A lot of people think the monkeys all come together, and there's a common area, but that's not the case," Liepa explained. "It would be a big mistake to introduce Darwin to a group of baboons."

Earlier in 2015, the Story Book Farm Primate Sanctuary ran into some financial difficulty, but through an online Kickstarter-esque fundraising campaign they were able to successfully save the facility. But they still rely on volunteers and donations for daily upkeep.

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Liepa said that the animal sanctuary helps enable monkeys who have gone through a life that "doesn't equate to what a monkey's life should be," which includes monkeys who have been pets or who have lived in terrible conditions. The sanctuary allows them to be "safe from research or to perform on command."

Starting early next year, two new macaque roommates, Cody and Puglsey, will be moving in with Darwin. They both previously worked as lab monkeys at a Canadian college.

Currently, the facility houses 20 different primates including Darwin, and the complex is always striving to keep the animals active and entertained.

"The worst for them is to be bored," she noted. "So we're constantly finding a way to keep them engaged, and keep their minds busy."

Liepa recalled a time when Darwin inadvertently caused some damage in his habitat, bending a piece of rebar that was used as a lever to open and close one of his doors between his indoor and outdoor enclosures.

"IKEA could use him for product testing," Liepa joked. "To see how long it lasts. He is so strong — he has so much energy!"

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