Have you seen or heard about Punch, the baby monkey whose mother abandoned him at birth? Videos on social media of the 7-month-old macaque struggling to fit in with the other monkeys at the zoo where he lives, and clinging to a large stuffed orangutan for comfort, have turned him into an internet celebrity. Now the other monkeys are warming up to him too.
Are you a fan? Why do you think millions of people across the globe are taken with Punch and his story?
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