{"id":509572,"date":"2026-02-28T11:13:06","date_gmt":"2026-02-28T11:13:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/509572\/"},"modified":"2026-02-28T11:13:06","modified_gmt":"2026-02-28T11:13:06","slug":"punch-the-monkey-is-energetic-as-usual-japan-zoo-shares-health-update-on-the-internets-favourite-baby-macaque-mint","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/509572\/","title":{"rendered":"Punch the monkey is \u2018energetic as usual\u2019: Japan zoo shares health update on the Internet's favourite baby macaque – Mint"},"content":{"rendered":"

Punch the monkey is \u2018energetic as usual\u2019: Japan zoo shares health update on the Internet’s favourite baby macaque<\/a>  MintPunch the monkey isn\u2019t the first lonely zoo animal to capture our hearts \u2013 or raise troubling questions<\/a>  The ConversationFans flock to Japan zoo to see viral baby monkey Punch<\/a>  Australian Broadcasting CorporationOpinion | Why a baby monkey’s rejection broke the internet \u2014 and me<\/a>  MS NOW\u2018What\u2019s up with all these monkeys\u2019: Djungelskog the orangutan comforted Punch \u2013 but can the Ikea toy help me?<\/a>  The Guardian<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Punch the monkey is \u2018energetic as usual\u2019: Japan zoo shares health update on the Internet’s favourite baby macaque  MintPunch…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":372795,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[26],"tags":[64,63,128,338],"class_list":["post-509572","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-wildlife","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-science","tag-wildlife"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/509572","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=509572"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/509572\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/372795"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=509572"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=509572"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=509572"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}