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Experts reveal why viral baby monkey Punch was abandoned and targeted by other monkeys

Experts Reveal Why Viral Baby Monkey Punch Was Abandoned and Targeted by Other Monkeys ...
The Root on MSN

Why Punch, the baby monkey got us in our feelings

As the world grapples with war, unchecked AI, and racism—monumental problems—society inexplicably focuses its emotional investment on a baby monkey being bullied in Japan. It's a strange phenomenon: ...
Smithsonian Magazine

Why Has Punch, an Adorable Baby Monkey, Struggled to Fit in With His Troop? Scientists Explain the Lives of Japanese Macaques

Over the past few weeks, a baby macaque at Japan’s Ichikawa City Zoo named Punch has taken the internet by storm. Viral videos capture the 7-month-old monkey getting shoved away by older members of ...
Insider Monkey

Jim Cramer on Howmet: “This Thing Has No Quit In It”

Howmet Aerospace Inc. (NYSE:HWM) is one of the S&P 500 stocks that Jim Cramer shared his take on. Highlighting the bullish aerospace market, Cramer mentioned the company and said: Finally, in 10th ...
NPR

Is baby monkey Punch okay? We asked an animal expert

If you've been on the internet in the past few weeks, chances are you've seen him: a tiny gray-brown monkey dragging a big, stuffed orangutan around Japan's Ichikawa Zoo. His name? Punch-kun, or Punch ...
TechCrunch

OpenAI raises $110B in one of the largest private funding rounds in history

OpenAI has raised $110 billion in private funding, the company announced Friday morning, commencing one of the largest private funding rounds in history. The new funding consists of a $50 billion ...
WBUR

Punch the monkey may have been abandoned by his peers, but he found a place in our hearts

Have you spent the week checking social media for updates on how Punch the macaque monkey is doing? Well, if so, you aren’t alone. Here & Now’s Peter O’Dowd talks with Michelle Del Rey, a trending ...
KTBS

I Should Have Bought Punch’s Ikea Monkey When I Had the Chance

If you, like me, have become emotionally attached to a zoo animal via social media, then I don’t have to explain the Punch phenomenon to you. For everyone else, Punch is a baby macaque at Ichikawa ...
ABC7

Punch, the internet's favorite lonely monkey, has made friends, zoo says

Punch the monkey, who won hearts online after turning to a plush orangutan toy for company, is now reported to be getting on well with his real-life zoo companions. In an update on X, Ichikawa Zoo ...
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Perfect merch if Punch the monkey has become your whole personality

Hopeful updates soon followed: Zookeepers said Punch is learning how to socialize with the other monkeys, and has made strides, though he still relies heavily on humans and his stuffed orangutan for ...
UPI

Oakland Zoo announces its first birth of a red-tailed monkey

Feb. 23 (UPI) --The Oakland Zoo in California announced the birth of a red-tailed monkey -- the first primate of his species to be born at the facility. The zoo said on social media that parents ...