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If you’ve been following Punch-kun’s journey, you already know why this one hurts. Born at Ichikawa City Zoo and rejected by his first-time mother, Punch spent his earliest days clinging to an IKEA orangutan plushie for comfort. As the zoo slowly reintroduced him to the troop, viral clips showed him sitting alone with his toy while the other monkeys kept their distance. One widely shared video even captured an adult macaque dragging him by the leg, which the zoo later clarified as normal disciplinary behavior, not an attack. Yet the internet saw something deeper. #HangInTherePunch quickly spread, with people across platforms empathizing with him. IKEA Japan even stepped in with replacement plushies. And just days ago, Punch was finally seen being hugged and groomed by other monkeys, a powerful sign of social acceptance. Now, his story has been reimagined as a Pixar-style short film. Would you watch a full-length version of Punch’s heartwarming journey? 🎥 🎥: TBC_on_X | X Follow...

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