I am not crying, you are.
For those who arenโt familiar with Punch, he is a baby monkey from Japan who was separated from his mother shortly after birth. Since then, zookeepers have been raising him and hand-feeding him to help him survive.
Because he did not have his mother, they gave him a large stuffed orangutan. Punch treats it like a mother. He sleeps while cuddling it, holds onto it when he feels anxious, and carries it around for comfort.
Meet Punch ๐
Abandoned at birth, he found comfort in a stuffed orangutan that became his surrogate mom. Now as he slowly joins the troop, he still keeps his plush close โ and even got extra toys donated by IKEA Japan.
Weโre not cryingโฆ you are. ๐ฅฒ๐ฅน๐ญ