Over the past few weeks, a baby macaque at Japan’s Ichikawa City Zoo named Punch has taken the internet by storm. Viral videos capture the 7-month-old monkey getting shoved away by older members of ...

ICHIKAWA, Japan — Punch the baby orphan macaque is outgrowing the orangutan plushie that comforted him through early ...

Japanese macaques are smart social animals. We expect that Punch will be able to learn how to find a place in his monkey group.

While Japanese macaques are not great apes, scientists have long observed that many primates rely on body language and imitation as part of social bonding. Visitors waving at Punch day after day may ...

Videos of Punch, a baby monkey, and his Ikea toy went viral on TikTok. Reeno Hashimoto took three trains to the zoo, east of Tokyo, to see what all the fuss was about. Visitors at Monkey Mountain were ...

If you’ve been on the internet in the past few weeks, chances are you’ve seen him: a tiny gray-brown monkey dragging a big, ...

In early 2026, images and videos appearing to show a baby monkey holding an orangutan plush toy went viral on social media.  While Punch pulled on heartstrings across the world, skeptical Snopes ...

A six-month-old macaque, living at the Ichikawa City Zoological and Botanical Gardens, Chiba near Tokyo, who found emotional solace in a plushie after being abandoned at birth, has brought the world ...

Punch, a baby Japanese macaque at Ichikawa City Zoological and Botanical Gardens, went viral after videos showed him being bullied and clinging to an orangutan plushie for comfort. Abandoned and ...

For the past week, the emotional state of the internet seemed to hinge on one tiny life, a baby macaque named Punch. Known as Panchi-kun in Japanese, Punch lives at Ichikawa City Zoo near Tokyo. His ...

A tiny macaque clinging to an orange stuffed toy has become a global sensation with his emotional story attracting so many around the world. Videos showing Punch — a baby Japanese macaque at a zoo in ...

Punch is a baby Japanese macaque who became an internet sensation after videos showed him carrying and cuddling a stuffed toy. He lives at Ichikawa City Zoo in Japan, where he was hand-raised by ...