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

Smithsonian Magazine·Sara Hashemi·6 months ago
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Experts say the other monkeys’ aggressive behaviors toward Punch are pretty normal Punch with his stuffed animal Anadolu via Getty Images 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 his group and turning to a stuffed orangutan toy for comfort. Punch was born at the zoo last July and was swiftly rejected by his mother. So, zookeepers nursed him and gave him the stuffed animal as a surrogate mother. They introduced the young macaque to a troop in January, but unfortunately, Punch has had trouble integrating with his fellow monkeys. He has, however, captured human hearts worldwide because of his troubles. Why has he had such a hard time fitting in, and are his fellow monkeys really bullying him? Smithsonian magazine asked two primate experts.…

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