A monkey got  loose in a Toronto IKEA parking lot, surprising shoppers. The monkey dressed in a shearling coat wandering through the parking lot of an IKEA store.

Police said the seven-month-old primate escaped from its crate in a parked car.

News of the macaque monkey went viral with #Ikeamonkey trending on Twitter in Toronto while "TorontoIkea" was trending across Canada.

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