Punch the monkey fans can put their hearts and minds at ease: The once-abandoned baby macaque is making more and more friends, according to his caretakers. So many, in fact, that he may be outgrowing ...

Images of him being bullied by his enclosure-mates, retreating to safety and clinging to a plushie look-alike for comfort won hearts around the world. And his zookeeper has told CNN that the seemingly ...

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He’s the rejected monkey who has become the internet’s adopted animal baby. But while you cannot take Punch home, you can curl up with his companion — if you can find one in stock, that is. Punch, a ...

The following essay is reprinted with permission from The Conversation, an online publication covering the latest research. A baby macaque monkey named Punch has gone viral for his heart-wrenching ...

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 ...

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Punch the Monkey went viral after a video appeared to show the baby macaque getting "attacked" by adult macaques. Hearts around the world broke when he ran to his surrogate mom, a stuffed orangutan.

At this point, Punch the monkey no longer belongs to the zoo. He belongs to the internet. The 7-month-old macaque at Ichikawa City Zoo near Tokyo first went viral for clinging to a stuffed animal ...

A baby macaque monkey named Punch has gone viral for his heart-wrenching pursuit of companionship. After being abandoned by his mother and rejected by the rest of his troop, his zookeepers at Ichikawa ...

A baby monkey named Punch is struggling to find acceptance in his macaque enclosure in a Japanese zoo, and endeared social media users are fully on his side. Punch, who was abandoned by his mother ...