{"id":2288,"date":"2026-03-16T14:01:04","date_gmt":"2026-03-16T22:01:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/consortiumlibrary.org\/blogs\/reference\/?p=2288"},"modified":"2026-02-24T09:44:39","modified_gmt":"2026-02-24T18:44:39","slug":"we-love-punch-the-monkey","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/consortiumlibrary.org\/blogs\/reference\/2026\/03\/16\/we-love-punch-the-monkey\/","title":{"rendered":"We love Punch the Monkey"},"content":{"rendered":"

If your heart hasn’t already been broken and healed by Punch, the abandoned baby Japanese macaque who is just doing his best and trying to fit in at a zoo in Ichikawa City Zoo, you’re in for a real emotional journey. When he first arrived at the zoo, he struggled with socializing and showed signs of anxiety from the isolation. To help him with his transition, zoo-keepers gave him an orangutan plushie which he took to very fondly – photos of him cuddling and carrying the plushie around the enclosure quickly went viral and the heart of the Internet was captured.<\/p>\n

Happily, Punch has now been seen being groomed and held by one of the adult macaques – a wonderful development for his socialization with the other monkeys at the zoo! You can read the Ichikawa City Zoo’s update here<\/a> (if you don’t read Japanese, click the “translate” button!)<\/p>\n

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You can find photos and read more about Punch here.<\/a><\/p>\n

Want to learn more about the social dynamics of Japanese macaques? Check out this search<\/a> or some of the articles highlighted below (be sure to be logged in for off-campus access or connected to campus WiFi before clicking links)!<\/p>\n

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Male\u2013male social bonds predict tolerance but not coalition formation in wild Japanese macaques<\/a> by Tatsuro Kawazoe<\/p>\n

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Social play among juvenile wild Japanese macaques (Macaca fuscata) strengthens their social bonds<\/a> by Masaki Shimada and C\u00e9dric Sueur<\/p>\n

Have more questions about macaques or another topic? Reach out to us<\/a> at the Information & Research Help Desk!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

If your heart hasn’t already been broken and healed by Punch, the abandoned baby Japanese macaque who is just doing his best and trying to fit in at a zoo in Ichikawa City Zoo, you’re in for a real emotional journey. When he first arrived at the zoo, he struggled with socializing and showed signs […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":287,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2288","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/consortiumlibrary.org\/blogs\/reference\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2288","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/consortiumlibrary.org\/blogs\/reference\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/consortiumlibrary.org\/blogs\/reference\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/consortiumlibrary.org\/blogs\/reference\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/287"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/consortiumlibrary.org\/blogs\/reference\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2288"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/consortiumlibrary.org\/blogs\/reference\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2288\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2300,"href":"https:\/\/consortiumlibrary.org\/blogs\/reference\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2288\/revisions\/2300"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/consortiumlibrary.org\/blogs\/reference\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2288"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/consortiumlibrary.org\/blogs\/reference\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2288"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/consortiumlibrary.org\/blogs\/reference\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2288"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}