Clutching a monkey plushie, Eliete Ikeda screamed "Punch!"Ikeda, meanwhile, said seeing the "kawaii" -- or "cute" -- Punch ...

Monkeys are known for their curiosity and dexterity, particularly with objects like phones, which can resemble toys or reflective surfaces. Videos of monkeys grabbing cameras or mimicking human ...

Hand-raised in an artificial environment immediately after his birth in July, the small, dark-furred macaque is gradually acclimatising, the zoo said, no longer clutching the plushie all the time.

When a baby Japanese macaque was abandoned by his mother at a small municipal zoo in Japan, zookeepers faced a familiar but difficult challenge: how to replicate the physical and psychological bond of ...

Anyone in need of a good cleansing cry in the last week has only had to peek at TikTok, Reddit or X. Punch the Japanese macaque’s virality has turned the internet into one big grief support group.

The world is going gaga over a seven-month-old Japanese macaque named Punch. This primate, who was abandoned by his mother, has spurred thousands of videos online, a surge in the sale of an IKEA toy, ...

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