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Punch, the abandoned baby monkey who https://newswire.storyful.com/collections/punch-the-monkey_7165 rocketed to internet stardom , was spotted accepting a hug from a fellow monkey in Ichikawa, Japan, on March 11. Video filmed by @tate_punch shows Punch cuddling with another macaque in the enclosure; his orangutan plush nowhere in to be seen. The sighting comes amid https://x.com/ShikanoAndPunch/status/2033816815185330385 fan theories that Punch has a 'girlfriend' named Moe, after the pair were caught bonding. Punch was put into the macaque enclosure in late January following a period of hand-rearing by zookeepers after he was https://newswire.storyful.com/story/337828 abandoned by his mother. After a period of being https://newswire.storyful.com/story/338076 ostracized by other monkeys, Punch began to https://newswire.storyful.com/story/338312 make friends in late February. (Footage by @tate_punch/Storyful via Getty Images UGC)