Japan's monkey sensation Punch gets thousands of birthday messages
ABC NewsLiveVideoShowsGood Morning AmericaShopGMAInterest Successfully AddedWe'll notify you here with news aboutTurn on desktop notifications for breaking stories about interest? Punch was abandoned by his mother after his birth a year ago Sunday, presumably because of exhaustion. Zookeepers nursed him and gave him the toy to develop his gripping ability, something newborn macaques need to survive.Punch is no longer a plump baby with the plushie and he's hard to distinguish from other monkeys as he mingles and plays with them at an enclosure at the Ichikawa City Zoological and Botanical Garden.
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- ▪Zookeepers nursed him and gave him the toy to develop his gripping ability, something newborn macaques need to survive.Punch is no longer a plump baby with the plushie and he's hard to distinguish from other monkeys as he mingles and plays
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- ▪ Baby monkey Punch celebrates first birthday — Japan Times
- ▪ Punch the monkey gets thousands of birthday messages as he turns 1 — New York Post
- ▪ Baby monkey Punch to celebrate first birthday — Phys.org
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ABC NewsLiveVideoShowsGood Morning AmericaShopGMAInterest Successfully AddedWe'll notify you here with news aboutTurn on desktop notifications for breaking stories about interest? OffOnStream onJapan's monkey sensation Punch gets thousands of birthday messagesPunch, the orphaned monkey at a Japanese zoo that stole many people’s hearts by clinging to an orangutan plushie, is marking his first birthday SundayByMAYUKO ONO Associated Press and MARI YAMAGUCHI Associated PressJuly 25, 2026, 2:56 AM1:15Punch, a young Japanese macaque, plays at Ichikawa City Zoological and Botanical Garden in Ichikawa, east of Tokyo, Thursday, July 23, 2026.
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