--- title: This Monkey Looks Like Voldemort description: This monkey may be too cute for a Death Eater canonical: https://time.com/4474015/harry-potter-voldemort-monkey/ author: Melissa Locker article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-08-31T15:41:00.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:36:03.418Z og:title: Does this monkey look like Voldemort to you? og:description: Kinda cute for a Death Eater og:url: https://time.com/4474015/harry-potter-voldemort-monkey/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt7b3a3e7ed621a0a6/69885d44a988caa0026b3b28/voldemort-death-eaters1.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1624 og:image:height: 914 og:image:alt: Voldemort Death Eaters Harry Potter og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Does this monkey look like Voldemort to you? twitter:description: Kinda cute for a Death Eater twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt7b3a3e7ed621a0a6/69885d44a988caa0026b3b28/voldemort-death-eaters1.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Is This Monkey the New Incarnation of Voldemort? > Sponsored content. 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Pictures’ fantasy adventure “HARRY POTTER AND THE DEATHLY HALLOWS – PART 2,” a Warner Bros. Pictures release. Warner Bros. Pictures by [Melissa Locker](https://time.com/author/melissa-locker/) ## Melissa Locker Aug 31, 2016 3:41 PM UTC [Harry Potter](http://time.com/4110623/j-k-rowlings-biggest-harry-potter-revelations/?iid=sr-link2) better watch out, it looks like Lord Voldemort has returned—in the shape of a tiny monkey. The Dark Lord’s lookalike was born at the Paignton Zoo in Devon, England, according to [_Mirror_](http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/weird-news/meet-baby-monkey-who-looks-8729500). Ever since the monkey’s birth was announced, people around the world have noticed a striking similarity to Harry Potter’s archenemy. Potter fans have been studying the photos on Twitter, searching for a death mark or some other sign as to the monkey’s true identity, whose birth is well-timed with the news that [three new Potter books](http://time.com/4455746/j-k-rowling-pottermore-new-harry-potter-books/?iid=sr-link5) are on the horizon. > [](https://twitter.com/kmfmofficial/status/770511849536286720) > [](https://twitter.com/kmfmofficial/status/770690400310861824) > [](https://twitter.com/bradleebartlett/status/770823919712382976) Technically the newborn primate, a girl, is a king colobus monkey who will eventually be covered in a thick coat of black and white hair that will mask her true identity as the mortal enemy of J.K. Rowling’s hero. The tiny thing was born via c-section after her mother experienced pregnancy complications, [_Mirror_ reported.](http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/weird-news/meet-baby-monkey-who-looks-8729500) (Talk about a [cursed child!](http://time.com/4215336/jk-rowling-harry-potter-cursed-child-book/?iid=sr-link4)) It was the first time the zoo had performed the operation on a primate. Wouldn’t it be just like Voldemort to nearly kill his mother? 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