Kabaka

They did not limit themselves to one monkey. From the article:

As well as a single monkey, they also did the calculations using the current global population of around 200,000 chimpanzees.

That explains Drain, OR. I always wondered what the actual drain looked like!

A decent summary:

https://ftw.usatoday.com/2024/07/jd-vance-couch-memes-associated-press

It’s definitely supposed to be visible.

Source: am ancient and saw The Fifth Element when it was new, before the plastic-enhancing remaster.