{"id":498374,"date":"2026-02-25T10:38:05","date_gmt":"2026-02-25T10:38:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/498374\/"},"modified":"2026-02-25T10:38:05","modified_gmt":"2026-02-25T10:38:05","slug":"the-world-has-fallen-in-love-with-punch-the-monkey-why-are-we-so-captivated-by-a-lonely-japanese-macaque-toronto-star","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/498374\/","title":{"rendered":"The world has fallen in love with Punch the monkey. Why are we so captivated by a lonely Japanese macaque? &#8211; Toronto Star"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMi-AFBVV95cUxOclFYT09ramRkU0MwbTBnMG9XcjJEWmhWeFJZMDU4TUFnU25LZWdLMlFmWEtFMWtwZ0ZGbWFwZWpPYkJBejF5aXQzMmVUN0dQVnBhUUd6eWlCOHl4bGpRTFYxZFNXeUppR0tGQUJyeWp1Q0p5S3ZjWk5fSko1SVNSaElnelBCczBWb3ZIU3lnR1puUjByTkpxU09NMXRHdXBwMV9tdlJJblN0UEZmcnlUWUpPS3E2UzdGSERTdzZXNVNrWjgwUlNaa1lhRnM2MHctSkRyZUhLTzhzcHJXYWc1T2Z5cU1MRElmR2tsSmdvamdBVEZZb0ZPTQ?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">The world has fallen in love with Punch the monkey. Why are we so captivated by a lonely Japanese macaque?<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;Toronto Star<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMijgFBVV95cUxPVFVnUUFoX3A1WDNNOFJoYUtIaUNsNktnS1JJY0ZFMDR3YUZQQUY1V21KWW9ZSnRhNmRWWmQ0eTBDOWxTNUVvQzR3SmtUeUcwNm5KRTd0LW9SU19SQUhtLWtCZ1pWMkN0VFozbmNCUHpSM0l5SE5NLTZPVGNER19SdTZrNWVlZXZhYThjc2VB?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Punch the monkey\u2019s stuffed orangutan from Ikea sold out in stores<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;Global News<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMiqgFBVV95cUxOZ0c5Qmh6U0VRVDNhU0hrRnpway10SC1KZ1pzbWgxTTBoZ25xR3k0d1hGb20xck5KOWZ1LXFQZ2thWi1HWGpKbDNLRGVNcjVuRFZhclhiNjI5dlR4MGVEUmZzN2pwWllNLU1Wb3Z3Y2toaTRWVWUzY1lUc2IxMzVJVS1QSXFGcEdhdjdGVUxGV0lZeUJaZzctWllkQzRsbGlqUHBacWs3U1pJUQ?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">WATCH \u2014 Punch, a viral baby monkey, is melting hearts with his stuffed bestie | videoclip | Kids News<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;CBC<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMirgFBVV95cUxQVFBqb0stNU1QQ3o2Q3RZNkdic3FPNVFNQmVyWDZ4anM0SnRXWDJCblhIcVVFRkFvbzRMdmh2YTZkbU90Y0FwUzNJVkc1QWFmeXNFbWc0QkdLTzNxUUQ2VDVmazRhNzJXSjV5NmNYV0ZsVnBGSkpXd2RENjdscjFmMWtIS21zcVhGbU00SWdWeTJqVXg5VU41b2dBS3djRzZRaS05UGZLRGRmZ0RrRGc?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Rights group slams treatment of viral Japanese monkey<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;CTV News<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMihgFBVV95cUxOYWVuV1VYYUJ4RGdnbjY4ZXVQZ3BMZkVYVTNlcnEzalRDQ0lQTl9HLWhENXVmTF8yTGRxazU0MnNZOGV6N19qd3dhcnhsNWJGVm9RSk5jVjVFbWZSX0pMYUc0MC01VTg1LTE1WDUzcTU4R3lMUl95S1B4dzBDRng5b1JCdEN3UQ?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">\u2018What\u2019s up with all these monkeys\u2019: Djungelskog the orangutan comforted Punch \u2013 but can the Ikea toy help me?<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;The Guardian<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The world has fallen in love with Punch the monkey. Why are we so captivated by a lonely&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":388546,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[26],"tags":[49,48,66,323],"class_list":["post-498374","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-wildlife","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-science","tag-wildlife"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/498374","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=498374"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/498374\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/388546"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=498374"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=498374"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=498374"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}