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Viral abandoned baby macaque ‘Punch’ draws crowds as he learns to rejoin his troop in Japan

A six-month-old baby macaque named Punch has captured hearts across Japan after being abandoned by his mother and raised by zookeepers. Punch became an online sensation when videos of him clinging tightly to staff members and dragging around a stuffed orangutan toy were widely shared on X

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Punch sitting with a stuffed orangutan toy at Ichikawa City Zoo and Botanical Gardens in Chiba Prefecture. Pic/AFP

Punch sitting with a stuffed orangutan toy at Ichikawa City Zoo and Botanical Gardens in Chiba Prefecture. Pic/AFP

A six-month-old baby macaque named 'Punch' has become an unexpected star at Ichikawa City Zoo near Tokyo of Japan.

Punch went viral on social media platform X after videos showed him clinging to zookeepers and dragging around a stuffed orangutan toy.

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