{"id":459263,"date":"2026-03-05T17:39:10","date_gmt":"2026-03-05T17:39:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/459263\/"},"modified":"2026-03-05T17:39:10","modified_gmt":"2026-03-05T17:39:10","slug":"major-milestone-for-punch-the-viral-baby-monkey-abandoned-by-his-mother-the-independent","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/459263\/","title":{"rendered":"Major milestone for Punch the viral baby monkey abandoned by his mother &#8211; The Independent"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMikgFBVV95cUxOVjdQbEtEamhFZEhOd3Vrb2UyQUN4NkRFVnpwOXhpN2s5dEFGVGx6RnFMRmJxUVFObVFTOEJMMnVuOUlsMVJ6N0NObDlMTnJIa21pOWpYU0lZSTBwN2VKWDdrQm1FQlVvcktVMDVGdU1Ua3RYM2NSNVplVkRkaS1GdFN6OExUN291R0dFRDRkakpSZw?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Major milestone for Punch the viral baby monkey abandoned by his mother<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;The Independent<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\/CBMilgFBVV95cUxQLXpJVF8ySUVrTkN6UFVGbV80OXU1T0Z1OC1UaXFJWE1MVXp1VGJFQTFPN2FnWkkwbUp3aF8yOU9Bek1PZldUN2lSOWhsQmtMMWxXUjBhRHlZWWJ3eklER245TWJ0LTByVDZJQ2FjZXdQVmc3cHBWemJaTlAwNWRKR3NfdlljOUhiby1PNnlFMl9vZ0d6N2c?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Punch, a young Japanese macaque, has hit a nerve<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;The Economist<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMiiAFBVV95cUxOSVlpbUJuZG5JMm5KMzB2SFI2YUxROGxNTEtNSVQwYnFjcVFhMG44aDV5VG1pdzdvQTNicUtXZjlPVjFrbWlBdHFXZWJoWDB6X292ekZMU256ajJuTEUzdXdpMHY2aEYxWWZhM0JuWENOb1ZSXzVIYTllOXk5SDQzOVl2U3EzaWNY?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Punch the orphan macaque is outgrowing his plushie and making friends<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;AP News<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<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Major milestone for Punch the viral baby monkey abandoned by his mother&nbsp;&nbsp;The IndependentSocial climber: Punch the monkey starts&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":459264,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[26],"tags":[90,56,54,55,4407],"class_list":["post-459263","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\/459263","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=459263"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/459263\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/459264"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=459263"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=459263"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=459263"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}