By Daily Mail Reporter


Don't forget the bananas! Tibbs shops for supplies at her local supermarket


Monkey lover Connie Tibbs will argue she is anything but bananas - however these pictures prove otherwise!

Tibbs 37, from Pekin, Illinois, is so obsessed with her pet macaques - all FIVE, that she refuses to let them out of her sight.

Whether she's out shopping for the weekly supply of the in-demand fruit, driving around or even when it's time to call it a night, her macaques are never far away.

Tibbs has revealed that her animal kingdom friends are equally fixated with her:
'They attach to you almost like a human to a baby.

'If you pulled one of me, they'd scream.'



Brace yourself! Connie with the whole gang


Husband Steve admitted he even faces a barrage of claws from the macaques when he tries to get a kiss and a cuddle from Connie.

Meanwhile their children, Tanner, 17, Dalton, 13 and Victoria, 12 have also had to contend with their mother's craze .

Connie, 37, gives the creatures a weekly bath in the family's main bathroom, changes their nappies in the kitchen, and dresses them up in tiny outfits.


Pool party: Steve, Dalton and Victoria (from right to left) take three of the monkeys for a swim


Monkey's Alley, three, Jackson two, Audrey, two, Dexter, one, and Jaeda, one, have such a grip on their monkey mum she even takes one to bed with her every night - dressed in it's very own pyjamas!

The macaque is part of a group of original Old World primates that hail from Africa and Asia with a recognised 22 species.


Wash and go! Tibbs gives Jaeda, 1, a bath (left) and later attempting to fill up her car, with Alley, 3 and Dexter, 1


Let's take a ride: Tibbs takes her pets for a spin


All smiles: Tibbs (centre) and her macaques with her entire family (L-R) Steve, 60, Dalton, 13, Connie, 37, Victoria, 12 and Tanner, 17



Lights out: Connie and husband Steve before going to bed with monkey Alley, 3

source: dailymail