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"Punch", a 6-month-old Japanese Macaque, was abandoned by his mother at birth. His keepers at the Ichikawa City Zoo in Japan had hand raised him since then, giving him a stuffed Orangutan to help combat his "anxiety and loneliness" after he struggled to find acceptance with the other monkeys at the zoo.
Born in July 2025, Punch was rejected by his mother shortly after birth. To comfort the vulnerable infant, zookeepers introduced a plush orangutan toy that quickly became his emotional anchor. The baby macaque carried the toy everywhere, clutching it while sleeping, hugging it tightly, and even hiding behind it when startled.
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.
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.