Punch is a 7-month-old male macaque monkey living at Ichikawa City Zoo in Ichikawa, Japan. Born in July 2025, Punch was rejected by his mother shortly after birth and was instead hand-reared by human zookeepers.

A baby monkey at a zoo in Japan has found comfort in a stuffed animal.

Punch, a baby Japanese macaque from Ichikawa City Zoo in Japan, has melted hearts worldwide after videos showed him clinging to a stuffed orangutan toy following abandonment by his mother.

Comforted by a plush orangutan toy, he became an online sensation.

An orphaned monkey in Japan has captured hearts, flooding the zoo with visitors and boosting sales for the plush toy that has been a comfort to him.

A tiny monkey named Punch has unexpectedly become one of the internet’s most beloved animal stars, drawing emotional reactions from people across the world.