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My camera caught this young monkey in the tree

While observing the trees, I noticed a young monkey sitting quietly on a branch. Its small hands held onto the wood as it ...

‘Monkeys can count up to 4’: Is the viral claim really true or can they count beyond

For a long time, people have been wondering if monkeys can actually count. It’s not like humans, who just get numbers naturally. Monkeys have to figur.

What the internet's obsession with Punch the monkey says about the global loneliness epidemic, according to a psychologist

Everyone's obsessed with Punch the monkey who was abandoned by his mum in Japan and given a monkey plush to keep him company. HELLO! asked the experts to explain why we all feel so sad for the animal ...

Homophobia as serious as racism, says Real Madrid's Courtois after Prestianni suspension

Real Madrid goalkeeper Thibaut Courtois condemned racism and homophobia as equally unacceptable after Benfica's Gianluca ...
India Today

Punch the monkey's story isn't unusual in nature, then why does it feel so personal?

Punch, the baby monkey at Japan's Ichikawa Zoo, has tugged at many heartstrings, but his story also reveals something deeper ...
The News Minute

A viral monkey, his plushie, and a 70-year-old experiment: what Punch tells us about attachment theory

By Mark NielsenA baby macaque monkey named Punch has gone viral for his heart-wrenching pursuit of companionship.After being abandoned by his mother and rejecte ...

Punch the monkey isn’t the first lonely zoo animal to capture our hearts – or raise troubling questions

From the last thylacine to Mollie the drinking, smoking orangutan, little Punch the monkey is the latest in a long line of lonely zoo animals.