Japan's monkey sensation Punch gets thousands of messages for first birthday
Japan's monkey sensation Punch gets thousands of messages for first birthday
Punch, the orphaned monkey who captured hearts by clinging to an orangutan plushie, is celebrating his first birthday.
Abandoned by his mother shortly after birth, Punch was hand-reared by zookeepers at Ichikawa City Zoological and Botanical Garden. The plushie helped him develop the gripping ability newborn macaques need to survive.
Punch no longer needs the toy. Now settled with the other monkeys, he has made friends and grown into a confident young macaque.
