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Punch, a baby macaque monkey at Ichikawa City Zoo in Japan, has quickly become an online celebrity. Zoo staff say he is acclimating to his roommates.

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.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Punch the baby orphan macaque is outgrowing the orangutan plushie that comforted him through early rejection from his mother and ...