Punch, Monkey and Viral
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A monkey named "Punch" has been captivating the hearts of the Internet with his unlikely friendship with a stuffed toy
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Orphaned Baby Monkey at Japanese Zoo Goes Viral for Having Stuffed Animal as His Only Friend
Punch-kun the monkey has won over visitors with his adorable toy companion
There is a new main character on the internet… and his name is Punch. The sweet story of a rejected macaque who found a friend in a stuffed animal is teaching people online a lesson in resilience. Punch,
Punch, a six-month-old baby macaque, has been living in a Japanese zoo since his birth in July when he was rejected by his mother. The youngster became an Internet sensation after he was given a stuffed Ikea monkey toy for comfort he carried around with him everywhere at Ichikawa City Zoo.
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Punch and Ora-mama: Japanese zoo’s abandoned baby monkey finds comfort in plushie ‘mom’
Punch, a baby macaque abandoned by his mother at birth, went viral for clinging to a stuffed orangutan toy, named 'Ora-mama', for comfort at Japan’s Ichikawa City Zoo. Videos of him with his "surrogate mother" have melted hearts online.