A baby macaque has adopted a stuffed animal after being rejected by his mother. Videos of the six-month-old, named Punch, carrying his companion around his enclosure at Japan's Ichikawa City Zoo have ...

ICHIKAWA, Japan, Feb 20 (Reuters) - 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 ...

ICHIKAWA, Japan — A tiny baby monkey named Punch has become famous around the world. Punch is a young Japanese macaque who lives at the Ichikawa City Zoo in Japan. People everywhere are talking about ...

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 ...