Punch, the baby macaque at Ichikawa City Zoo in Japan, has gone viral in some heart-breaking videos. The little guy was abandoned by his mother shortly after birth and carries around a plush orangutan ...

The heartbreaking story of Punch, a baby Japanese macaque abandoned by his mother, has captivated the internet over the last few weeks. Punch is a resident of a zoo in Japan, where he has faced ...

SINGAPORE – Move over, Moo Deng, because 2026 looks to be the year of Japanese baby macaque Punch and his stuffed orang utan from Ikea. The seven-month-old male monkey – who was abandoned by his ...

The baby macaque found instant fame after footage of him holding the stuffed toy at Ichikawa City Zoo in Japan dominated social feeds and made international headlines. The seven-month-old was ...

Mark Nielsen receives funding from the Australian Research Council. A baby macaque monkey named Punch has gone viral for his heart-wrenching pursuit of companionship. After being abandoned by his ...

Canada’s Nathan MacKinnon was among those unimpressed by receiving a stuffed animal after losing the gold medal match against Team USA in the 2026 Milan Cortina Olympics. | Photo by Gregory ...

Punch the monkey: World goes bananas for lonely baby macaque monkey and his IKEA plushie A seven-month-old macaque might have been bullied by his troop but he has won the hearts of humans across the ...

The internet’s latest emotional obsession — Punch, the baby monkey who captured hearts worldwide — has also turned an unlikely object into a global bestseller: an orange orangutan plush toy from ...

A lonely baby monkey is breaking hearts all over the world, after a video went viral of him running to grab a stuffed toy after a vicious attack by another monkey. Who Is Punch the Lonely Monkey?

An abandoned baby monkey who broke millions of hearts online after being spotted hugging an orangutan stuffed toy given to him as a substitute for his mother, has finally found comfort among his own ...

Abandoned, bullied and left to figure things out on his own, Punch found an unlikely friend - an IKEA orangutan plushie - and has now stolen the internet's hearts. If you’ve been scrolling through ...

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 ...