Young monkey abandoned at birth seeks comfort in stuffed toy
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Punch the Monkey, a baby at Japan’s Ichikawa City Zoo, went viral after bonding with a plush toy. Here’s why the internet can’t stop talking about him.
Legions of fans from around the world have been cheering on Punch, a 7-month-old macaque who had been struggling to socialize at a zoo outside Tokyo.
A baby monkey named “Punch” is struggling to find acceptance in his macaque enclosure in a Japanese Zoo, and the internet is fully on his side.
The heartbreaking tale of a lonely baby monkey at a Japanese zoo has seemingly taken a wholesome turn
After a clip of orphaned macaque Punch being pulled by other monkeys spread online, his Japanese zoo said the behavior reflects normal social learning within the troop.