Images of him being bullied by his enclosure-mates, retreating to safety and clinging to a plushie look-alike for comfort won hearts around the world.
But finally, Punch the monkey is fitting in.
And his zookeeper has told CNN that the seemingly rough videos that alarmed Punch’s global legions of fans are just part of growing up for the seven-month-old macaque, who lives at Japan’s Ichikawa City Zoo.
The pint-sized primate has found new friends and is relying less on the orangutan stuffed toy given to him as a substitute for his mother, Shunpei Miyakoshi said, during CNN’s recent visit to the zoo.
“Now he’s communicating with other monkeys and it’s great to see him reaching those milestones,” he said.
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