The world is going gaga over a seven-month-old Japanese macaque named Punch. Reels and videos have flooded the internet; google Punch the monkey and heart-shaped photos of the macaque emerge on your screen. According to the zoo, Punch, as he is named in English, was abandoned by his mother shortly after birth. Punch, the Japanese macaque, drags a stuffed orangutan at Ichikawa City Zoo in Japan. Last Thursday, the Japanese zoo recorded more than four times its usual number of visitors, around 900 people, thanks to Punch.

Source: Punch February 26, 2026 06:52 UTC