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People are waiting hours at Ichikawa City Zoo in Japan… just to see one tiny monkey. Meet Punch. Right after he was born, his mother rejected him. No warmth. No protection. The keepers gave him a small stuffed monkey. To us, it’s just a toy. To Punch, it became everything. He sleeps with it, hug…

People are waiting hours at Ichikawa City Zoo in Japan… just to see one tiny monkey. Meet Punch. Right after he was born, his mother rejected him. No warmth. No protection. The keepers gave him a small stuffed monkey. To us, it’s just a toy. To Punch, it became everything. He sleeps with it, hugs it when he’s scared, and carries it everywhere. At first, the other monkeys didn’t accept him. He was pushed away and sometimes attacked.