--- 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=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 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=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Is This Monkey the New Incarnation of Voldemort? by [Melissa Locker](/author/melissa-locker/) ## Melissa Locker Aug 31, 2016 3:41 PM CUT  (L-r) HELENA BONHAM CARTER as Bellatrix Lestrange and RALPH FIENNES as Lord Voldemort in Warner Bros. Pictures’ fantasy adventure “HARRY POTTER AND THE DEATHLY HALLOWS – PART 2,” a Warner Bros. Pictures release. (L-r) HELENA BONHAM CARTER as Bellatrix Lestrange and RALPH FIENNES as Lord Voldemort in Warner Bros. Pictures’ fantasy adventure “HARRY POTTER AND THE DEATHLY HALLOWS – PART 2,” a Warner Bros. Pictures release.Warner Bros. Pictures by [Melissa Locker](/author/melissa-locker/) ## Melissa Locker Aug 31, 2016 3:41 PM CUT [Harry Potter](http://time.com/4110623/j-k-rowlings-biggest-harry-potter-revelations/?iid=sr-link2 "undefined") 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 "undefined"). 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 "undefined") 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 "undefined") (Talk about a [cursed child!](http://time.com/4215336/jk-rowling-harry-potter-cursed-child-book/?iid=sr-link4 "undefined")) 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? Perhaps the zookeepers should put the monkey’s cage near the snake enclosure to see if she can speak parseltongue or has it out for a teenage boy. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4474015/harry-potter-voldemort-monkey/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4474015/harry-potter-voldemort-monkey/"},"headline":"Is This Monkey the New Incarnation of Voldemort?","datePublished":"2016-08-31T15:41:00.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:36:03.418Z","description":"Kinda cute for a Death Eater","url":"https://time.com/4474015/harry-potter-voldemort-monkey/","keywords":["Newsfeed","animals","Harry Potter"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt7b3a3e7ed621a0a6/69885d44a988caa0026b3b28/voldemort-death-eaters1.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Melissa Locker","jobTitle":"","url":"https://time.com/author/melissa-locker/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt7b3a3e7ed621a0a6/69885d44a988caa0026b3b28/voldemort-death-eaters1.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Voldemort Death Eaters Harry Potter","caption":"Voldemort Death Eaters Harry Potter","creditText":"Warner Bros. 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