Uncle Fatty and Godzilla: Monkey who 'ate himself to death' and primate at fat camp in Thailand

Thailand is home to hundreds of thousands of monkeys, but most will not be known by name, wear tank tops or gorge on plentiful diets of junk food. Godzilla was compared with the late Uncle Fatty, a long-tailed macaque who is believed to have eaten himself to death Uncle Fatty was a wild monkey whose bulk increased after gorging on junk food from passersby in Thailand in 2017 He was put on a strict diet and made to run and swing around with other animals to lose weight. Wildlife official Phuwanak Krumnoi, who helped to collect the primate, said Godzilla was 'critically obese' when he was discovered and urgently needed to be put on a diet Former owner Emsan was allowed to visit Godzilla while he was being cared for, but officials ultimately planned to release him back into woodland, allowing him to interact with other monkeys The chunky monkey's body has never been found. Godzilla's former owner Manop Emsan said the monkey's parents were killed by a car when he was a baby and a previous owner had abandoned him Wildlife officials visited the market in the Min Buri district of the Thai capital on March 25 and Godzilla was carried away in a cage 'He also has behavioural problems, because he has too many toys from his previous owner. The three-year-old podgy primate was taken to fat camp after videos emerged of him chained up at a market in Bangkok, Thailand, where he had been living for more than two years While at fat camp the monkey was allowed to eat live crickets - which he would chase around his pen - along with dill, lettuce, bird worms, carrots, peanuts, long beans and sunflower seeds Former owner Emsan was allowed to visit Godzilla while he was being cared for, but officials ultimately planned to release him back into woodland, allowing him to interact with other monkeys.