Punch, the viral “lonely” monkey from Ichikawa City Zoo, once gave the internet hope after appearing to adjust and make ...
Abandoned at birth and raised by keepers at Ichikawa City Zoo, Punch the Japanese macaque captured hearts online after videos showed him clinging to a plush toy for comfort. Now, months later, the ...
Punch was abandoned by his mother shortly after birth and the zoo-keepers had to step in to care for him. First, they tried ...
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.
Abandoned, bullied and left to figure things out on his own, Punch found an unlikely friend - an IKEA orangutan plushie - and ...
A tiny abandoned monkey clinging to a stuffed orangutan has captured hearts - and sparked a global movement.
An abandoned baby monkey orphaned at birth has left people heartbroken after he bonded with a soft cuddly monkey, who has become a stand-in parent ...
As Punch's videos gained traction online, people began turning up at Ichikawa Zoo in large numbers just to see Punch and his soft toy ...
The infant monkey, known as Punch (Panchi-kun in Japanese), was born in July 2025, weighing approximately 500 grams. According to reporting by Mainichi Shimbun, his mother — a first-time parent — did ...
The internet (myself included) has become obsessed with an abandoned baby monkey who formed an unexpected bond with an Ikea orangutan plush. While many saw the tear-jerking companionship as an ...
He ran to the only thing that ever made him feel safe.