People online are going bananas for a baby monkey and its stuffed animal. Punch, a baby macaque at Ichikawa City Zoo in Japan, has gone viral for seeking comfort in a plush toy after his mother abandoned him. Now, the president of IKEA Japan has paid the ...

Abandoned at birth, baby macaque Punch found comfort in a plush IKEA toy. Now, as he turns one, his inspiring journey has won hearts worldwide and boosted support for his zoo.

A baby macaque has adopted a stuffed animal after being rejected by his mother. Videos of the six-month-old, named Punch, carrying his companion around his enclosure at Japan's Ichikawa City Zoo have received millions of views on social media. In one clip ...

ICHIKAWA, Japan (CNN) - Abandoned at birth, a baby monkey at a Japanese zoo found comfort in a stuffed orangutan toy, winning thousands of hearts online. Punch, a 6-month-old Japanese macaque, was abandoned by his mother at birth, but keepers at Ichikawa ...

ICHIKAWA, Japan — A tiny baby monkey named Punch has become famous around the world. Punch is a young Japanese macaque who lives at the Ichikawa City Zoo in Japan. People everywhere are talking about him because of the way he comforts himself every day.