{"id":516644,"date":"2026-03-05T20:23:07","date_gmt":"2026-03-05T20:23:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/516644\/"},"modified":"2026-03-05T20:23:07","modified_gmt":"2026-03-05T20:23:07","slug":"punch-the-orphan-macaque-is-outgrowing-his-plushie-and-making-friends-ctv-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/516644\/","title":{"rendered":"Punch the orphan macaque is outgrowing his plushie and making friends &#8211; CTV News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMiwwFBVV95cUxOTU9hZzFHVXRVckg0SUpzeVJXWlRCSUtYQi1xQVhXOENONDI0V2NhNnFzVUV5VGtMZ3dVMUZrMjl6Zkk4UUhlTXRlcEJyQ2FBQ0JKRHRMZ296RnNPNFYtbFBELWVYc044Y0VkZGJoQU5uOTlBNDltczBPdmJyMjBZeHdScUU4ZFRWVms0cEpQOTdFRjV1YzdtcW95TmJXMXgxS2h3a0VibTUxWmF2VC1hZDllMXVhR3psNjlkbmx6cmZNeHc?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Punch the orphan macaque is outgrowing his plushie and making friends<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;CTV News<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMimAFBVV95cUxNS3hHTEp3amlaNVJlR2lPRUdxcmRyZkVUdk5OZTVoeHVPNE9JeWdXaXp2REwwVFF0cFJyVG1vbGFEOE1BUWpVNGFEWDQ0bUhtNVFCUkpNaDI5Z0lqcnoydkRDcHZoS3dzeUUxb1BSeGVyUVJwQ0JVU2dKU2lmQzczZm1uTUpDbGVRSEVjd1lUcHAwcDZlOFQzeA?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Wild macaques don\u2019t abandon babies. So why did Punch\u2019s mother?<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;The Conversation<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMia0FVX3lxTFB4azVMOWZfbHVibHloZ0ViVlpXWGZZNVNlWGdKb3kwVFNIaFEwSWJOd2NTX04waFJMZXVWb2hLM3Utc0JtbFVxSUJyUmdkNmRZVGU2cU0wdlFORFFJRXE3cExYUHU3U3dpQno4?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Punch the monkey stole the internet\u2019s heart. Now fans are sweeping up his IKEA plushie<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;CNN<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMinwFBVV95cUxQV2JBZXl2N1NHb2tOVldrQnZpcHlpdjBaalgzQVgwaFI0bl9ZUGJLNjFmMGk1alFIVzhYSUd2ek81amZ3STBiSEZCMW5XTnd1bzZDQ3g1ZzVQWURhZ0tvTUx6WkVudEZzVnFNT0k2TVp1eUp0cXZfU2xIRC1EMGlwSURPRmd4a3FRT3p4bUR1ZFpUMmJuQk1tRGJxeXpqbG8?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Social climber: Punch the monkey starts to outgrow his Ikea plushie<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;The Guardian<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMiggFBVV95cUxNaHdITzU3OF9odU9JYWdiajZ6NlJUMDBpMGhHTlZ0NHBMeEkwbko4Q0JZd3JHZHlaS0tmdUF3ZTdyV3dxdEtyUjRMQVpwQTRUMXQzUC1UeW1DanFjLW85d1VWdWRrWFB2ZGlXLXpqclVNanBJaUJoT25YdWxyOGlDWk5n?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Punch is growing up and ready to say &#8216;farewell&#8217; to his prized stuffed orangutan toy<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;Yahoo News Canada<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Punch the orphan macaque is outgrowing his plushie and making friends&nbsp;&nbsp;CTV NewsWild macaques don\u2019t abandon babies. So why&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":516645,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[26],"tags":[49,48,77,66,323],"class_list":["post-516644","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-wildlife","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-international","tag-science","tag-wildlife"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/516644","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=516644"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/516644\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/516645"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=516644"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=516644"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=516644"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}