{"id":21954,"date":"2026-03-04T08:49:41","date_gmt":"2026-03-04T07:49:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sosprimates.org\/wp\/?p=21954"},"modified":"2026-03-14T08:52:04","modified_gmt":"2026-03-14T07:52:04","slug":"about-punch-the-monkey","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sosprimates.org\/wp\/en\/2026\/03\/04\/about-punch-the-monkey\/","title":{"rendered":"About Punch the monkey"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"fusion-fullwidth fullwidth-box fusion-builder-row-1 fusion-flex-container nonhundred-percent-fullwidth non-hundred-percent-height-scrolling\" style=\"--awb-border-radius-top-left:0px;--awb-border-radius-top-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-left:0px;--awb-flex-wrap:wrap;\"><div class=\"fusion-builder-row fusion-row fusion-flex-align-items-flex-start fusion-flex-content-wrap\" style=\"max-width:1144px;margin-left: calc(-4% \/ 2 );margin-right: calc(-4% \/ 2 );\"><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-0 fusion_builder_column_1_1 1_1 fusion-flex-column\" style=\"--awb-bg-size:cover;--awb-width-large:100%;--awb-margin-top-large:0px;--awb-spacing-right-large:1.92%;--awb-margin-bottom-large:0px;--awb-spacing-left-large:1.92%;--awb-width-medium:100%;--awb-spacing-right-medium:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-medium:1.92%;--awb-width-small:100%;--awb-spacing-right-small:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-small:1.92%;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-flex-justify-content-flex-start fusion-content-layout-column\"><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-1\"><p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-21899 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/sosprimates.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/NNNNN.jpg\" alt width=\"960\" height=\"540\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sosprimates.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/NNNNN-200x113.jpg 200w, https:\/\/sosprimates.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/NNNNN-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sosprimates.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/NNNNN-400x225.jpg 400w, https:\/\/sosprimates.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/NNNNN-600x338.jpg 600w, https:\/\/sosprimates.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/NNNNN-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/sosprimates.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/NNNNN-800x450.jpg 800w, https:\/\/sosprimates.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/NNNNN.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 960px) 100vw, 960px\"><\/p>\n<p>On the last few days we have been asked about Punch the mon\u00adkey, who as you know has gone viral in the last few&nbsp;weeks.<\/p>\n<p>Punch is a baby Japa\u00adne\u00adse maca\u00adque that couldn\u2019t be brought up by its mum, and who as far as we know (without kno\u00adwing all the details) was rai\u00adsed by the team of carers and vete\u00adri\u00adna\u00adries of Ichi\u00adka\u00adwa Zoo, in&nbsp;Japan.<\/p>\n<p>At the time of rein\u00adtro\u00addu\u00adcing him to the group of pri\u00adma\u00adtes he belongs to it is nor\u00admal to have ten\u00adse moments, pro\u00adgress is not as linear or as easy as the media and cer\u00adtain films por\u00adtray, which is why up to an extent, it is com\u00admon for steps back and aggres\u00adsions to occur and it must be moni\u00adto\u00adred at all&nbsp;times.<\/p>\n<p>This is a tech\u00adni\u00adque that is prac\u00adti\u00adsed in any zoo\u00adlo\u00adgi\u00adcal ins\u00adti\u00adtu\u00adtion, also in pri\u00adma\u00adte sanc\u00adtua\u00adries, for exam\u00adple when a new ani\u00admal needs to be intro\u00addu\u00adced to an exis\u00adting group and comes from the pet tra\u00adde or from being con\u00adfis\u00adca\u00adted by the authorities.<\/p>\n<p>The size of the plush toy could be impro\u00adved, as it is very lar\u00adge, the same fun\u00adction could be ful\u00adfi\u00adlled by a pie\u00adce of blanket.<\/p>\n<p>We hope Punch suc\u00adceeds in his inte\u00adgra\u00adtion with the family of pri\u00adma\u00adtes soon and that he no lon\u00adger wishes to cling to the plush, but to his conspecifics.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":21899,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"wp_typography_post_enhancements_disabled":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[53],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-21954","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sin-categoria-en"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.2 - 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