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Abandoned baby monkey goes viral

Abandoned baby monkey with plushy 'mother' finally finds new family

Abandoned baby monkey Punch with plushy ‘mother’ finally finds new family - Videos showing the forlorn little macaque dragging around his orangutan plushy went viral and gained him global sympathy

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Abandoned baby monkey finds comfort in stuffed orangutan, charming zoo visitors

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The internet is rooting for this abandoned baby monkey and his stuffed animal

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WATCH: Abandoned baby macaque drags around stuffed toy as ‘surrogate mother’

Videos of a baby Japanese macaque dragging an orangutan stuffed toy in a zoo in Japan won hearts across the internet.

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Baby monkey carries faithful stuffed companion everywhere he goes, drawing crowds at zoo

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‘Punch,’ the Baby Monkey Abandoned by His Mother, Finds a Friend In This IKEA Plush Toy

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A Lonely Baby Monkey Wins Hearts, and Even a Few Friends

Legions of fans from around the world have been cheering on Punch, a 7-month-old macaque who had been struggling to socialize at a zoo outside Tokyo.

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Abandoned By Mother At Birth, Tiny 'Punch Monkey' Finds Solace In Orangutan Plush Toy, Internet Gets Emotional

Punch was abandoned by his mother shortly after birth and the zoo-keepers had to step in to care for him. First, they tried giving him rolled-over towels for warmth.

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Punch was born in July 2025 and resides in Japan's Ichikawa City Zoo.

Punch, known as Punch-kun in Japan, was born in July 2025 at Japan’s Ichikawa City Zoo. Unfortunately for the baby macaque, Punch was rejected by his mother and her group of monkey friends shortly after birth — a problem, as macaques tend to stay very close to their mothers when young.

IKEA donates plush toys to viral baby monkey Punch — and you can get one for yourself for $20

Punch, a baby macaque at Ichikawa City Zoo in Japan, has gone viral for seeking comfort in a plush toy after his mother abandoned him. Now, the president of IKEA Japan has paid the zoo a visit to make sure there’s always a plushie available for support.