Internet falls for baby monkey Punch who clung to a plush toy after his mother abandoned him - Videos showing the forlorn little macaque dragging around his orangutan plushy went viral and gained him

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.

Punch, the viral “lonely” monkey from Ichikawa City Zoo, once gave the internet hope after appearing to adjust and make friends, but new videos show him being bullied again, leaving netizens heartbroken and furious.

This sad story started in July 2025, when Punch the monkey was born. Sadly, his biological mother rejected him, which would have been a death sentence for the macaque in the wild. Thankfully, keepers at Ichikawa City Zoo in Japan were on hand to help.

An abandoned baby monkey at a Japanese zoo who found comfort in a stuffed animal is slowly being accepted by the rest of the troop.

A baby macaque named Punch at Ichikawa City Zoo in Japan has captured hearts online after being abandoned by his mother shortly after birth.

Andrew Tate's brother, Tristan Tate, has a net worth of $20 million as per Celebrity Net Worth. On February 19, Tristan Tate responded to an Insider Paper's post about Punch the Monkey's story of being bullied in Ichikawa City Zoo, Japan. Tate offered to buy the baby monkey with his brother Andrew,