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.
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Thank you for taking care of Punchie and for always being there for him.
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They love snatching food and sticks from him lol
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credits to: @abcmovies5265 (posted on 5/22)
he looks like he could make do with another good 10 minutes of sleep 😴
He loves carrots too lol
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Glad she’s always there for him ❤️
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Our future little king ❤️
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Who is this funny character? 🥰
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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 🥺🩵🩵
So sad ❤️🥺
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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 😭
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.
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.