You know that feeling when you see something online and your heart just cracks wide open? That’s what’s happening right now with Punch, a tiny Japanese snow monkey whose story of abandonment, an

In a new video of Punch, the baby monkey is dragged around in circles by an adult monkey, upsetting animal lovers around the globe. The zoo explains.

Punch-kun the monkey has won over visitors with his adorable toy companion

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.

ICHIKAWA, Japan, Feb 20 - At a zoo outside Tokyo, the monkey enclosure has become a must-see attraction thanks to an inseparable pair: Punch, a baby Japanese macaque, and his stuffed orangutan companion.

A baby Japanese macaque who was abandoned by his mother is melting hearts online after bonding with a stuffed orangutan while slowly joining his troop at a zoo in Japan.

The story of Punch, the baby macaque, has captivated the world as it’s revealed why the six-month-old monkey carries a stuffed toy around. The story of Punch, the baby macaque, has captivated the world. Punch-kun, as he is affectionately known as, was reportedly born in July 2025 but was abandoned by his mother shortly after birth.

An abandoned baby macaque called Punch went viral after being seen dragging a stuffed toy that was given to him as a surrogate mother. On February 19, at Ichikawa Zoo, Punch was recorded