{"id":443568,"date":"2026-02-24T20:35:06","date_gmt":"2026-02-24T20:35:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/443568\/"},"modified":"2026-02-24T20:35:06","modified_gmt":"2026-02-24T20:35:06","slug":"punch-the-monkey-jumps-onto-zoo-keepers-leg-as-beloved-orangutan-toy-is-replaced-the-independent","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/443568\/","title":{"rendered":"Punch the monkey jumps onto zoo keeper\u2019s leg as beloved orangutan toy is replaced &#8211; The Independent"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMingFBVV95cUxQbmw4QUV6ZmxvNG9mSEF0X0dPcVFTSGFqQUZ1V191M05EZ0lvUDRfTGtLWEJ2REVKc19xMjAtNHB0RFNoZ3o1ME0wa0o1eGdwbVc3VFpyMGdrUnowS195RVZJWjhua2t6WnBXdW00eW9PVExCcUc0YjlwTHp0YUVRWjJtUUg2Ni0wRF93RWZlcllYbHlrSWhBQkVWcFg2QQ?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Punch the monkey jumps onto zoo keeper\u2019s leg as beloved orangutan toy is replaced<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;The Independent<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMiWkFVX3lxTFBvZWpLbWVfemFfZ1dJSklseWRHNEFKTjhENDZkWjRjelptblgwVWNqc1JaZUZJT2dEeEVRWEZjeGxHakR4Q2hKdVZZZkRBVmtOanVhYmRuZm9VQQ?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Viral monkey Punch rejected by mother given stuffed orangutan<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;BBC<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<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMixwFBVV95cUxOX2RDVlYxcFlJVjNhZkhyXzlKQXl6akNLNXl4anV6SnVqem9fX3lLbGwyaTFJNFBuTElEV2c3UGpwRkNGQ2ZkSmdBaDUyeVJyWktDTVNFTE5WZU9VeGhoZzJsSmRWUzJFZ3ZUM1ZTVnhOWVA4RnFMNTBBU2dUcmEyM0E0WENyX2dMRnpHQmNBYmFnX2JWMUpnc04zRGdfdlJPbnFTVXNJSExvdkVuVEd3ZXZ1cmx4d21JVFgxRjlGRUt5UlRsc0NR?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Meet Punch: The abandoned monkey taking the internet by storm<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;Euronews.com<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMizwFBVV95cUxOR1NaMUlScmg5cXNWV3A3T01MWjBaRS1UNkFKRHE0dTA0elV2Qk9PVDRVbnJwRHNURW9lc185VlhwREJPOFdNcHhyZEo3SlpIN1YxN1FyX09Za0FCZHFURkNlQThzQXRTSmlSQkctU0R2QUZweXBGN0VobDlROFJ2bXNLNGh3LW9sYTFrMXVUcWFSU191cEJKVGtOcld5VzktYWFtalpTMHJZZTU1X3RZUk1TalVZY3F3VV9tQVQ4T3hKMjN4YlNLX3pKcUFVZkE?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">A viral monkey, his plushie, and a 70-year-old experiment: what Punch tells us about attachment theory<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;The Conversation<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Punch the monkey jumps onto zoo keeper\u2019s leg as beloved orangutan toy is replaced&nbsp;&nbsp;The IndependentViral monkey Punch rejected&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":443569,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[26],"tags":[90,56,54,55,4407],"class_list":["post-443568","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-wildlife","tag-science","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom","tag-wildlife"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/443568","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=443568"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/443568\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/443569"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=443568"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=443568"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=443568"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}