Punch the baby orphan macaque is outgrowing the orangutan plushie that comforted him through early rejection from his mother ...

Over the past few weeks, a baby macaque at Japan’s Ichikawa City Zoo named Punch has taken the internet by storm. Viral ...

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

Though many like to think that Punch is inheriting human tendencies, experts seem to disagree, pointing instead to other ...

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 ...

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. ...

H IS TROUBLES began the moment he was born. His mother rejected him. He struggled to fit in with his peers: they bullied him and dragged him around by his hair. His only source of comfort was a plushy ...

The zoo says Punch is adjusting to troop life amid growing attention, with staff insisting “animal welfare is the top ...

You’ll want to know why a tiny macaque clutching a stuffed orangutan has sent people online into a frenzy. Punch‑kun was abandoned at birth, raised by zookeepers, and now carries his plush companion ...

People online are going bananas for a baby monkey and its stuffed animal. Punch, a baby macaque at Ichikawa City Zoo in Japan, has gone viral for seeking comfort in a plush toy after his mother ...

Baby monkey Punch is making a global splash and drawing more and more visitors to a Japanese zoo, state broadcaster NHK reported on Thursday. On Thursday morning, the zoo drew more than four times its ...