Punch the Monkey brought the Internet to tears. The baby macaque at the Ichikawa City Zoo in Japan was abandoned by his mother and bullied by his fellow snow monkeys, leading him to cling to a plush ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Punch, the abandoned baby monkey who shot to viral fame earlier this year, was seen trying to break up a fight at Ichikawa Zoo.

The story of Punch the monkey finding comfort in a stuffed animal after being abandoned at birth is real. Rating: True (About this rating?) In early 2026, images and videos appearing to show a baby ...

ICHIKAWA, Japan (CNN) - Abandoned at birth, a baby monkey at a Japanese zoo found comfort in a stuffed orangutan toy, winning thousands of hearts online. Punch, a 6-month-old Japanese macaque, was ...