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Punch, the lonely monkey who drew crowds to a Japan zoo, growing up well amid limelight
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Punch became an internet sensation after he was abandoned by his mother at birth and turned to an orangutan toy for comfort.
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Javier C. Hernandez and Hisako Ueno
ICHIKAWA, Japan – It was feeding time on Monkey Mountain at the Ichikawa City Zoo. Grunts and squeals broke out among the 56 resident macaques as a zookeeper made the rounds with a bucket of apples, sweet potatoes and cabbage.
Moments later, Monkey Mountain’s most famous resident emerged: Punch, the now 9-month-old macaque who became an internet sensation after he was abandoned by his mother at birth and turned to an orangutan toy for comfort.
