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

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Punch the monkey fans can put their hearts and minds at ease: The once-abandoned baby macaque is making more and more friends, according to his caretakers. So many, in fact, that he may be outgrowing ...