Punch the Monkey

[Anonymous]

The IKEA plush was sold out in Japan and Korea Apparently Punch has now been hugged by an adult, showing he's slowly becoming accepted into the group. I'm so glad he was given a plush mother to ease his transition... great job, Ichikawa City Zoo!

[Anonymous]

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[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:His toy is from IKEA and reportedly sold out everywhere

We were at the College Park IKEA yesterday and they still had a few in a display in the children’s furniture section, if anybody is hunting for one!

Love little Punch and happy that he is finding his place. I have to keep reminding my kids that he isn’t human and doesn’t experience emotions the way humans do.

You have no idea how a monkey experiences emotions and it’s far more likely that we share the same feelings than not. We share 93% of the same DNA and we share common ancestors. Basic empathy allows most of us to see the very close similarities.

I believe this too. Animals even respond to the same antidepressants that work on humans.

[Anonymous]

I can’t believe they have those monkeys living in such horrible conditions. They all look depressed. Literally, sh!t and p!ss everywhere.

[Anonymous]

I have watched the video of the orangutan Clara reunited with her infant Clarita too many times.

I'm also onto that guy JoshlilJ ?? who feeds the homeless.

Maybe there's some boomerang of kindness going on. Maybe.

[Anonymous]

Do we know why they are all rejecting him? Could he be a bit of a dick, for instance?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Do we know why they are all rejecting him? Could he be a bit of a dick, for instance?

Apparently his mom was inexperienced and he was born during a stressful heat wave. The zookeepers raised him themselves and gave him the stuffy so he had something mom-like to cling to. He's still just a little kid, and was not raised by another macaque, so maybe it just takes time for him to learn how to fit in.

I wish he had experienced this kind of a bond: https://youtu.be/9qnNjpp8mmg?si=zyr-_C7ObAUOyUu6

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Do we know why they are all rejecting him? Could he be a bit of a dick, for instance?

He was abandoned by his mother which just makes him weak/easy to pick on.

[Anonymous]

The thread title scared me. I thought someone wanted to punch a monkey.

[Anonymous]

I love him so much. Monkeys may be gross and bratty but man are they adorable.

[Anonymous]

The little guy got some cuddles today.

https://x.com/ichikawa_zoo/status/2025498126325612595?s=20

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:His toy is from IKEA and reportedly sold out everywhere

We were at the College Park IKEA yesterday and they still had a few in a display in the children’s furniture section, if anybody is hunting for one!

Love little Punch and happy that he is finding his place. I have to keep reminding my kids that he isn’t human and doesn’t experience emotions the way humans do.

Pretty close though. We're related, and he's clearly lonely and sad in the videos.

[Anonymous]

Punch had a horrible few days last week resulting in a few injuries. Saturday being the worst where there were multiple attacks by other monkeys. 😢 So I was surprised to see on Sunday that Punch and all the other monkeys seemed quite calm. Well the Zoo released a statement today:

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:His toy is from IKEA and reportedly sold out everywhere

We were at the College Park IKEA yesterday and they still had a few in a display in the children’s furniture section, if anybody is hunting for one!

Love little Punch and happy that he is finding his place. I have to keep reminding my kids that he isn’t human and doesn’t experience emotions the way humans do.

Why do you have to remind them of that? I mean, sure, they don't experience them *exactly* the same, but they absolutely experience them, and a very similar range. Including empathy, which is super important for people to learn.

[Anonymous]

I love the Punch videos every time I see them.