🐒 Punch
Japanese macaque · Ichikawa City Zoo, Chiba, Japan
Lives in Monkey Mountain
Born July 2025, rejected by his mother, hand-raised by keepers who gave him an IKEA orangutan plushie as a surrogate mom. When the video of him fleeing a bully to hug his plushie hit the internet in Feb 2026, #HangInTherePunch went global and IKEA sold out of Djungelskogs worldwide.
What they do
Hugs his oversized IKEA orangutan plushie with his whole body and drags it everywhere.
Soft-hearted underdog who never lets go of his plushie mom.
Latest
- Aug 2026Donations to his zoo passed ¥64.7 million. He is still carrying the plushie.
- Mar 2026Keepers reported he was clinging to the plushie less and starting to join the troop.
Lore
- ★Named after Monkey Punch, creator of Lupin the Third
- ★Fans have donated over ¥64 million to his zoo; the drive runs until Dec 31, 2026
- ★IKEA donated 33 extra orangutan plushies to the zoo
- ★By March 2026 he was making real macaque friends - character arc complete
Helping the real one
💛 Support Punch via Ichikawa City Zoo - Punch donation driveOfficial bilingual donation guide; funds Monkey Mountain upgrades - verified This opens their own official page. Money never touches this site.
The coin
$PUNCH +22,000% week in Feb 2026, ~$30M peak. Unofficial - the zoo has granted zero licences and publicly disclaims merchandise.
A community token. Not affiliated with this site, the animal, its owner, or any zoo. Stated as fact, not as a recommendation, and not financial advice.
Where this comes from
- NBC News Punch the monkey, once an outcast, finds some friends ↗
- Time Out Tokyo Japan's Punch the monkey saga: a timeline ↗
- Wikipedia Punch (monkey): Ichikawa City Zoo, Djungelskog plush ↗
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