Meet Tiki: The diaper-wearing monkey spotted inside a Bronx tow truck
Monkey hangs out inside a Bronx tow truck: VIDEO
It's not something you usually see in the Bronx. A spider monkey was seen hanging out in her diaper inside a tow truck in the Bronx on Sunday. FOX 5 NY’s Duarte Geraldino spoke with the owner of that truck to talk about his pet spider monkey. He said she’s a "chimp" off the old block.
BRONX - Meet Tiki, the monkey who was seen hanging out in her diaper inside a tow truck in the Bronx on Sunday.
Someone spotted Tiki the spider monkey near Tremont Avenue and posted a video on the Citizen app that has gone viral.
"A monkey named Tiki, known as the tow-truck monkey, was spotted spreading good vibes," Citizen NYC wrote on X.
Her owner, who only goes by Junior, is a tow truck driver.
"Her name is Tiki. She went with me yesterday because I wanted to bring out, and I was bored. I said, you know what? Let me just take it with me," Junior told FOX 5 NY.
Junior lives with Tiki in Florida, where if you have a permit, owning a primate is legal.
"I had her for two years and a half. She can last 35 to 40 years in captivity. But she'll be a baby forever. Obviously, she loves me, so she'll have a pamper for the rest of her life because I have to change up, improvises. She'll use the bathroom. Whatever," Junior said.
However, in New York, having a pet monkey is on the no-no list.
Article 161 of the city's health code lists animals that are illegal to keep as pets, including "all non-human primates, including, but not limited to, monkey, ape, chimpanzee, gorilla and lemur."
Tiki and Junior are now on their way back to Florida.