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Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. More than two months after Punch the monkey became an overnight sensation on social media, the zookeeper at Japan's Ichikawa City ...

A six-month-old baby monkey named Yuji is the second primate to capture hearts across the internet recently for taking comfort in the arms of a stuffed animal. The plush-cuddling patas monkey, who ...

GUADALAJARA, Mexico (AP) — Yuji, a 6-week-old patas monkey in Mexico, wakes up every day clinging to a stuffed dog. More than a toy, this plush companion acts as a surrogate mom after the tiny primate ...

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SAN DIEGO (FOX 5/KUSI) — There is a newborn “cheeky” monkey in the Lost Forest area at the San Diego Zoo and the public can now see the baby. The San Diego Zoo Wildlife Alliance announced this week a ...

Yuji, a 6-week-old patas monkey in Mexico, wakes up every day clinging to a stuffed dog. More than a toy, this plush companion acts as a surrogate mom after the tiny primate was rejected by his own ...

You’ve seen him and you’ve probably shed a tear or two. Punch the monkey took the internet by storm last month carrying around an IKEA monkey that symbolized his mom, and while the internet was crying ...

GUADALAJARA, Mexico — Yuji, a 6-week-old patas monkey in Mexico, wakes up every day clinging to a stuffed dog. More than a toy, this plush companion acts as a surrogate mom after the tiny primate was ...

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A baby monkey at a zoo in Mexico is winning hearts online, and drawing comparisons to viral monkey “Punch”. He was spotted clinging to a soft toy for comfort following maternal rejection. The six-week ...