Poor little monkey, a heartwarming story
At the Chiba City Zoo in Japan, a newborn Japanese macaque named Punch was abandoned by his mother and came into the world all alone.
The zookeeper found him an IKEA orange gorilla plush toy, Oran-Mama. Punch clung tightly to it, holding on as if it were a lifeline.
In January 2026, he was reintroduced to the monkey group. At first, adult monkeys threatened, dragged, and excluded him. He curled up holding his toy in a corner. The video of this went viral, heartbreaking viewers everywhere. People flooded social media with "Go Punch."
Gradually, a
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