If your social media feed has felt emotionally unsafe recently, blame it on the tiny Japanese macaque. For those living under a rock, Punch, born in July 2025 as Panchi-kun, is a 6-month-old baby ...

At Ichikawa City Zoo in Japan, a small Japanese macaque named Punch quietly became one of the internet’s most emotional viral stories. Once described online as the “lonely monkey,” Punch won hearts ...