Punch, a tiny seven-month-old baby monkey, is not being bullied and spends most of his day peacefully, Ichikawa City Zoo near Tokyo clarified in a statement on Tuesday.The Japanese zoo’s statement ...

Videos of Punch, a baby monkey, and his Ikea toy went viral on TikTok. Reeno Hashimoto took three trains to the zoo, east of Tokyo, to see what all the fuss was about. Visitors at Monkey Mountain were ...

He’s the rejected monkey who has become the internet’s adopted animal baby. But while you cannot take Punch home, you can curl up with his companion — if you can find one in stock, that is. Punch, a ...

In early 2026, images and videos appearing to show a baby monkey holding an orangutan plush toy went viral on social media. While Punch pulled on heartstrings across the world, skeptical Snopes ...

If you’ve been on the internet in the past week, you know about Punch, the 7-month old Japanese macaque whose sad tale of abandonment and loneliness has spread around the world via video clips and ...

Have you spent the week checking social media for updates on how Punch the macaque monkey is doing? Well, if so, you aren’t alone. Here & Now’s Peter O’Dowd talks with Michelle Del Rey, a trending ...

Punch the baby macaque, whose attachment to a stuffed orangutan first captured hearts online, is once again going viral—this time for refusing to leave his favorite person behind. While the rest of ...

Punch the monkey, who won hearts online after turning to a plush orangutan toy for company, is now reported to be getting on well with his real-life zoo companions. In an update on X, Ichikawa Zoo ...

IKEA has sold out of its adorable Djungelskog orangutan soft toy, with the $20 item now fetching more than 10 times the retail price on eBay. The plushie has become a coveted collectible in recent ...

Punch the Monkey went viral after a video appeared to show the baby macaque getting "attacked" by adult macaques. Hearts around the world broke when he ran to his surrogate mom, a stuffed orangutan.

Feb. 24 (UPI) --A viral video of a bullied baby monkey clinging to a stuffed orangutan at a Japanese zoo led to the Ikea toy selling out online -- and some fetching big bucks on eBay. Punch, a 7-month ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Punch the monkey. (ichikawa_zoo/X) There is a new main character on the internet… and his name is Punch. The sweet story of a ...