Empathy crossed species.

Born in July 2025 at Ichikawa City Zoo in Japan, Punch was abandoned by his mother shortly after birth. Left alone, Punch ...

You know that feeling when you see something online and your heart just cracks wide open? That’s what’s happening right now ...

Punch, a Japanese macaque born on July 26, 2025 at Ichikawa City Zoo, was abandoned by his first-time mother and hand-raised by keepers. Comforted by a plush orangutan toy, he became an online ...

After he was rejected by his mother, the struggles and triumphs of Punch, a baby monkey in a Japanese zoo, have become a ...

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.

Punch was abandoned by his mother shortly after birth and the zoo-keepers had to step in to care for him. First, they tried ...

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 ...

Internet falls for baby monkey Punch who clung to a plush toy after his mother abandoned him - Videos showing the forlorn little macaque dragging around his orangutan plushy went viral and gained him ...