FINDING COMFORT… Meet Panchi-kun, the baby monkey melting hearts across social media! The six month-old macaque, nicknamed Punch, has become an internet star after a series of videos showing him clinging to a plush toy were released. Punch was abandoned by his mother shortly after birth. He was rescued and taken in at the Ichikawa City Zoo in Japan. He was hand-fed by caretakers and slowly introduced to other monkeys. Unfortunately, they all rejected him (a video showing that is heartbreaking.)

A young, abandoned monkey named Punch went viral this month after he was filmed clinging to the stuffed toy that he had been given as a "surrogate mother." Now, Punch is gradually building up his social skills. He's been spotted climbing on another monkey's back, and according to the Ichikawa Zoo and local media he has been embraced by an older monkey, a sign that he is on his way to social acceptance. | Washington Post