Punch the orphan macaque is outgrowing his plushie and making friends
ICHIKAWA, Japan (AP) — Punch the baby orphan macaque is outgrowing the orangutan plushie that comforted him through early rejection from his mother and other monkeys. Images of Punch dragging around the toy bigger than him drew attention to the residents of a zoo near Tokyo. When other monkeys shooed the baby away, Punch rushed back to the toy orangutan, hugging it for comfort. But he's been using the toy less. On a recent day, Punch was seen climbing on the back of another monkey, sitting a...
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