Abandoned baby monkey Punch dragged by older macaque in heartbreaking video
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The baby monkey was abandoned by his mother at birth and raised by zoo staff who gave him a stuffed orangutan to provide comfort.
Punch, the abandoned baby macaque at Ichikawa City Zoo in Japan, stole the hearts of many after a video showed him dragging a stuffed orangutan around his enclosure.
The baby monkey was abandoned by his mother at birth and raised by zoo staff, according to the zoo’s website. The stuffed animal was given to Punch to serve as a surrogate mother and provide comfort for the now seven-month-old macaque.
More recently, a video taken by TikTok user @tate_punch shows the monkey being dragged across the ground by a larger macaque on Thursday. After the interaction, Punch ran to his plushie and hugged it while a few other macaques came to check on him.
After the footage circulated online, the Ichikawa City Zoo said in a statement on Friday that when Punch approached another baby monkey from the troop in an attempt to communicate, the other baby monkey avoided him.
When Punch sat down and gave up trying to play with the monkey, he was “scolded and dragged by an adult monkey,” the zoo said.
“The adult monkey that dragged Punch is probably the mother of the monkey with whom Punch tried to communicate. She probably felt that her baby was annoyed by Punch and got upset, expressing ‘don’t be mean,'” the statement continued.
The zoo said Punch has been “scolded by other monkeys many times in the past and has learned how to socialize with them.”
“In the video, Punch runs to his stuffed orangutan toy after being dragged. However, as usual, he left the stuffed toy after a short while and was communicating with other monkeys,” the statement continued. “The video was probably recorded on the morning of February 19. During feeding time at 12 p.m. and 3 p.m., Punch acted no differently than on any other day.”
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