r/punchthemonkey

Our cabbage goblin’s name is Tsubaki 🤍

Our cabbage goblin’s name is Tsubaki 🤍

Sometimes they call her “Legend” and she’s become our favorite monkey. Her adorable hoarding style has made millions smile. 😊

Source on the name came from Japanese residents on SM platform on threads.

Credit: @cali_soriya8

u/Long-shot128 — 7 hours ago

Punch fell into the water while trying to drink. You can really see how small he still is once his fur gets wet

Credit: saetantan73

u/Better_Hair_9673 — 9 hours ago

Pics of when Punch was kept in the cage at first because the troop might not have accepted him yet, and they wanted to keep him safe.

Credit: rainfans0625

u/Better_Hair_9673 — 12 hours ago

Momiage is that special friend 🤍

Thank you for taking care of Punchie and for always being there for him.

Credit: @mie_mie_the_fold

u/Long-shot128 — 12 hours ago

Punchie, stop drooling over your food and eat faster 😂

They love snatching food and sticks from him lol

Credit: @cali_soriya8

u/Long-shot128 — 7 hours ago

little sleepyhead punchi 🥱💤

credits to: @abcmovies5265 (posted on 5/22)

he looks like he could make do with another good 10 minutes of sleep 😴

u/zzooezo — 12 hours ago

Punchie eating carrots with a special guest… the cabbage goblin 😂

He loves carrots too lol

Credit: @kshir2016

u/Long-shot128 — 14 hours ago

Punchie hid in his hiding spot scared… Momiage then comforted him 🥺

Glad she’s always there for him ❤️

Credit: @mst120406

u/Long-shot128 — 15 hours ago

punch possibly looking at his zookeeper dads who were also looking back at him from the visitor's viewing area 🥺

credits to: @sesame0718 (posted on 5/21)

according to op, punch barely moved from his spot in the 49 seconds of this video because he was looking at miyakoshi and shikano... who were both standing at the visitor's viewing area looking at punchi 🥺🩵🩵

u/zzooezo — 18 hours ago

brave little punchi deserves best employee award for his admirable diligence in carrying out daily bridge inspections 🐵🏅

found this video on x but if anyone knows the op please do let me know so i can properly credit :,-)

loved the little zoom out in the video hehe we can see how tiny he is on the bridge 😭

u/zzooezo — 16 hours ago

Punch: “Hello Uncle… have you seen my dads?”

This senior zookeeper, apparently known as Niki-san, is one of the people involved in caring for Otome-chan, who grew up using Rilakkuma as her mom. Young keepers Shikano and Miyakoshi took care of Punch under his guidance. You can see that Punch is a bit disappointed and confused when he doesn’t see his dads 😁 This video was taken during Punch’s early introduction to the enclosure.

u/Better_Hair_9673 — 23 hours ago

Early picture of Punch during his integration process in the cage

The cage is used for cases like Punch's where they reintroduce a macaque back to its troop. This allows them and the troop to interact with each other safely and hopefully, begin to see them as one of their own. It also helps them get used to the noises being made and behaviors. This was originally implemented for Otome's hand rearing; the area behind it opens up into a separate indoor area that they'll put the monkey for a period of time. I think this was Punch at ~3 months. There's pictures of some of the other hand-reared macaques in there as well, and they've put a macaque in the cage with them before if it's shown friendliness to see how it does with direct contact.

I've seen videos of Punch in it as well, but can't find them, and I remember them being very zoomed out so you could only really see his plushy.

u/Fizzay — 15 hours ago