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The following essay is reprinted with permission from The Conversation, an online publication covering the latest research. A baby macaque monkey named Punch has gone viral for his heart-wrenching ...

A baby macaque monkey named Punch has gone viral for his heart-wrenching pursuit of companionship. After he was abandoned by his mother and rejected by the rest of his troop, his zookeepers at ...

A baby macaque monkey named Punch has gone viral for his heart-wrenching pursuit of companionship. After being abandoned by ...

Caption:Seven month-old male macaque monkey Punch was abandoned by his mother shortly after birth.Photo credit:STR / JIJI PRESS / AFP A baby macaque monkey named Punch has gone viral for his ...