Images of him being bullied by his enclosure-mates, retreating to safety and clinging to a plushie look-alike for comfort won hearts around the world. But finally, Punch the monkey is fitting in.

Punch the baby orphan macaque is outgrowing the orangutan plushie that comforted him through early rejection from his mother and other monkeys ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Punch the monkey, who won hearts online after turning to a soft toy for company, is now reported to be getting on well with his ...

Clutching a monkey plushie, Eliete Ikeda screamed "Punch!" Ikeda, meanwhile, said seeing the "kawaii" -- or "cute" -- Punch ...

Punch, the orphaned monkey who captured hearts internationally with his beloved stuffed animal, finally seems to be making more friends of his own kind. Punch, a baby macaque in Japan's Ichikawa City ...

ICHIKAWA, Japan -- Punch the baby orphan macaque is outgrowing the orangutan plushie that comforted him through early rejection from his mother and other monkeys. Images of Punch dragging around the ...