If you thought Britney Spears carrying her chihuahua in a handbag or Geri Halliwell accessorising herself with a shih tzu was weird, then what about the latest fad ? monkids?
In a bid to fill the void after their children have flown the coop, parents are taking animal husbandry to new limits ? caring for monkeys as their baby substitutes.
The animals permanently remain as an adorable baby, without growing into an unruly teenager, or a 40-year-old desperate for inheritance, as one devotee, Lori Johnson, found.
