{"id":467960,"date":"2026-03-10T15:19:06","date_gmt":"2026-03-10T15:19:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/467960\/"},"modified":"2026-03-10T15:19:06","modified_gmt":"2026-03-10T15:19:06","slug":"punch-the-monkey-isnt-alone-in-bonding-with-his-emotional-support-toy-the-washington-post","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/467960\/","title":{"rendered":"Punch the monkey isn\u2019t alone in bonding with his emotional support toy &#8211; The Washington Post"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMilwFBVV95cUxQVm9Yck1zZ2RQVjlPZFhkR09sWFBNa3RDM0tzSEtvV1lTUlR6Vl91MXplendEdzcyUGFsSkFGYzFHOEJRSXZqU2Zmd05qTl9lLWNyTXRTc1FZQmRaRDYyakYzbmt0UzNja3RzZjVfcFF6Q3djdlNmSmZxcHBXeFliZVNib2VhZUpLVGtWYnd5WjhvaWtNZVdV?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Punch the monkey isn\u2019t alone in bonding with his emotional support toy<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;The Washington Post<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMimAFBVV95cUxNY1hKZ1AzN1o5U2tTbkI2YTR5LXI2U2xCYkFIZ3hFS24xbzNjazBSYnlTWlFRTGc2N1hGVHo0NmNzd0ZQNk1TdGFZWktkblQ2WmgxMHdPUFU5bnlDbDY2U0RVOFdqbWZNQW9kbmx1R3ZMY1l5WWttWUtCcGQ1NnRub05ydFNtd2ZadnhoYVZXWFRQMmJxZm5UTQ?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Punch the baby monkey shunned by his troop finally finds acceptance<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;The Times<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.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?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Punch, the abandoned Japanese macaque, draws attention to Japanese monkeys often seen as pests, in Japan<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;Reuters Connect<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMimgFBVV95cUxQcWNHczBSVHdpd2tONFVRUkFkUWlJUktpZnNqQVlIcjQyWlM2bXhkMDk0VE0tM2VFZ3NBMVJQNUY5QUJFa3FCSW5zemRjZHNqR0tVRGFyVWVWWnNEQm81MmRldV9fTm5PN0t2NlR6aTV5NHJOelp6WUl0OHBueFR2UjFXNGtZcXp5ZXJ5cWVVN2pPbC13VFR3RjN3?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">THE ORPHAN WHO BROKE THE WORLD: HOW A $20 TOY SAVED A SHATTERED SOUL<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;vocal.media<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMixwFBVV95cUxPSzVJRkNLZXNZR3Zob19LWUtsNTVIWlJtSmNBWGV4WGYycWpfVUJaWXA5aGpxVVZhM0ZnZ05Dalc4bGFMRUtjM0RwVC1iSFdseWQxd3BJMHYwbkFOWloyUDFOMllabk8yNGNwUzd4TjNhdGhnajUxZ3NhaklScEZVam5mdTMxOGw4M0RvVS1fbVpnWkhvN0lYZ3owaHhLc3o1T1Q2SV9GelZGVER4SzRTWWVWWmhYb2pmNVpBZWlRbG5KekFma0h3?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Punch the monkey bonds with zoo companions after viral plush toy moment<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;news.cgtn.com<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Punch the monkey isn\u2019t alone in bonding with his emotional support toy&nbsp;&nbsp;The Washington PostPunch the baby monkey shunned&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":467961,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[26],"tags":[90,56,54,55,4407],"class_list":["post-467960","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\/467960","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=467960"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/467960\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/467961"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=467960"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=467960"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=467960"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}