As the world grapples with war, unchecked AI, and racism—monumental problems—society (not just white folks) are focusing its emotional investment on a baby monkey being bullied in Japan. Here’s why.

Images of him being bullied by his enclosure-mates, retreating to safety and clinging to a plushie look-alike for comfort won hearts around the world. But finally, Punch the monkey is fitting in.

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Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Punch the baby orphan macaque is outgrowing the orangutan plushie that comforted him through early rejection from his mother and ...