Moments later, Monkey Mountain’s most famous resident emerged: Punch, the now 9-month-old macaque who became an internet ...

Meet Punch, one of 2026’s unlikeliest heroes. The baby Japanese macaque won hearts (and the internet) after he was rejected by his fellow monkeys and bonded with an orangutan plushie. The young monkey ...

ICYMI, the monkey’s name is Punch — or Panchi-kun — and he was abandoned at birth by his mother, due to a stressful pregnancy ...

A tiny macaque clinging to an orange stuffed toy has become a global sensation with his emotional story attracting so many around the world. Videos showing Punch — a baby Japanese macaque at a zoo in ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Social media has since been hit with a deluge of Punch videos claiming that he has been “adopted” or that he’s gained a “bodyguard ...

The heartbreaking tale of a lonely baby monkey at a Japanese zoo has seemingly taken a wholesome turn. In January, Panchi-kun (or Punch, in English) had just one friend at the Ichikawa City Zoo in ...

There's surely a reason we all went briefly nuts about a lonely little snow monkey called Punch living in a Japanese zoo. Because millions really did go a bit bonkers after seeing that the adorable ...

ICHIKAWA, Japan -- Punch the baby orphan macaque is outgrowing the orangutan plushie that comforted him through early rejection from his mother and other monkeys. Images of Punch dragging around the ...

A baby monkey named Punch is struggling to find acceptance in his macaque enclosure in a Japanese zoo, and endeared social media users are fully on his side. Punch, who was abandoned by his mother ...