In early 2026, images and videos appearing to show a baby monkey holding an orangutan plush toy went viral on social media.

A young Japanese macaque, who carries around an orangutan plush toy for emotional support, has gone viral.

A monkey named "Punch" has been captivating the hearts of the Internet with his unlikely friendship with a stuffed toy ...

IKEA has sold out of its adorable Djungelskog orangutan soft toy, with the $20 item now fetching more than 10 times the retail price on eBay. The plushie has become a coveted collectible in recent ...

The stuffed toy seen with the orphaned macaque at a Japanese zoo is suddenly in high demand ...

An IKEA plushie that's been dragged around a Japanese zoo enclosure by a viral baby macaque is selling for hundreds of dollars on eBay after selling out online. Punch, an adorable abandoned monkey at ...

ICHIKAWA, Japan (CNN) - Abandoned at birth, a baby monkey at a Japanese zoo found comfort in a stuffed orangutan toy, winning thousands of hearts online. Punch, a 6-month-old Japanese macaque, was ...

Education reporter Caitlin Cassidy waits in line to buy the viral plush toy and see what the all hype is about ...

Punch, a monkey that went viral after he was abandoned by his mother in a Japanese zoo, is reminiscent of a foundational attachment theory experiment ...