There is a new main character on the internet… and his name is Punch. The sweet story of a rejected macaque who found a friend in a stuffed animal is teaching people online a lesson in resilience.

Learn about Punch, the baby macaque who has gone viral, and what it teaches us about attachment.

The question worth asking isn't why a baby monkey is so adorable. It's why so many of us saw our own stories in his.

Caregivers say Punch has begun interacting more regularly with the troop.

Social media users have rallied around the Japanese macaque, who found solace in an IKEA plush orangutan toy after he was rejected by his mom and troop.

Baby macaque Punch, rejected by his mother at birth, finds solace in a plush toy. Emotional viral videos from Ichikawa City ...

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There’s now a video game where you can play as Punch, the viral baby monkey from Ichikawa Zoo. Punch, a baby macaque from ...

Punch has taken over the internet. 🙈❤️ The baby macaque, who was rejected by his mother, went viral after finding a friend in a stuffed animal. His story has attracted crowds to a Japanese zoo, ...

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Punch the monkey, known as Punch-kun in Japan, was born in July 2025 at Japan’s Ichikawa City Zoo. Unfortunately for the baby macaque, Punch was rejected by his mother and her group of monkey friends ...