An abandoned baby monkey at a Japanese zoo who found comfort in a stuffed animal is slowly being accepted by the rest of the troop.

Punch, a Japanese macaque, received an outpour of online love after videos of him clutching a small orangutan plushie at the Ichikawa City Zoo went viral.

You know that feeling when you see something online and your heart just cracks wide open? That’s what’s happening right now with Punch, a tiny Japanese snow monkey whose story of abandonment, an

Punch the Monkey, a baby at Japan’s Ichikawa City Zoo, went viral after bonding with a plush toy. Here’s why the internet can’t stop talking about him.

New footage is circulating online of Punch - the baby macaque who has captivated the world with his sad story.

If you log into your social media account today, one video that is surely going to pop up again and again is of a baby monkey dragging a stuffed toy. But why is this video trending, and what is the story behind it?