An unlikely viral star, Punch the monkey has pulled on heartstrings around the world after the seven-month old Japanese macaque found solace in a soft toy, after being rejected by his mother.
Footage rapidly spread of Punch being bullied, dragged and thrown around by other monkeys in the enclosure, prompting zookeepers to give him the stuffed orangutan plushie as a surrogate parent. Turning to the toy for comfort, he’s been filmed wandering alone with the toy, hugging it and clutching it tightly. I’m not welling up, are you?
