00:00The internet is losing its mind over a tiny baby monkey named Punch.
00:05The Japanese macaque was born in July 2025, but was abandoned by his mother and had to
00:11be hand reared by staff at the Ichikawa City Zoo.
00:15To ease the little one's loneliness, the zoo staff gave Punch a small orangutan plushie.
00:21Images of the baby monkey with his plushie toy have warmed the hearts of social media
00:26users, but it hasn't completely translated to any sort of popularity amongst his monkey
00:32playmates.
00:33His failed attempts to find a surrogate monkey family and make some friends has been documented
00:39online with the hashtag, Hang in there Punch.
01:01Thankfully, on February 6th, 2026, the workers at the zoo posted to social media saying, Punch
01:08is gradually deepening his interactions with the troop of monkeys.
01:12He's getting groomed, playfully poking at others, getting scolded and having all sorts of experiences
01:18every day, steadily learning how to live as a monkey within his troop.
01:23With some acceptance from his own kind, he is gradually finding a way to move on from
01:29his plushie friend.
01:38St komma.
01:38St da.
01:38Sto.
01:40Saale.
01:40Saale.
01:40You
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