Known as Punch-kun, he was abandoned by his mom and has struggled to connect with the zoo's other monkeys Fans are now flocking to the zoo in Ichikawa, Japan, where visitors are hoping to spot the ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. In early 2026, images and videos appearing to show a baby monkey holding an orangutan plush toy went viral on social media. While ...

The seven-month-old Japanese macaque was born at Ichikawa Zoo last year, where he was rejected by his mother. Zookeepers gave him a stuffed orangutan toy, who he quickly formed a bond with – with ...

Huge lines are forming outside a small zoo in Japan, all for one tiny monkey and the stuffed animal he refuses to let go of. Visitors have been crowding Ichikawa City Zoo after photos of a baby ...

A six-month-old baby monkey named Yuji is the second primate to capture hearts across the internet recently for taking comfort in the arms of a stuffed animal. The plush-cuddling patas monkey, who ...

If you’ve been on the internet in the past few weeks, chances are you’ve seen him: a tiny gray-brown monkey dragging a big, stuffed orangutan... Is baby monkey Punch okay? We asked an animal expert Is ...