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Internet Star Macaque Punch Stuns Zoo Crowd with Tricks

5/9/2026

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Punch, a 9-month-old macaque and internet sensation, performed tricks during a feeding at Ichikawa City Zoo’s Monkey Mountain.
A zookeeper fed 56 macaques, including Punch, apples, sweet potatoes and cabbage.
During the feeding, Punch twirled, leaped, hung upside down while chewing a biscuit, and rode on the keeper’s arm.
Eleven-year-old Spanish visitor David Lena said he wanted to hold Punch after visiting the zoo three times that week.

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Punch, a 9-month-old macaque and internet sensation, performed tricks during a feeding at Ichikawa City Zoo’s Monkey Mountain.
A zookeeper fed 56 macaques, including Punch, apples, sweet potatoes and cabbage.
During the feeding, Punch twirled, leaped, hung upside down while chewing a biscuit, and rode on the keeper’s arm.
Eleven-year-old Spanish visitor David Lena said he wanted to hold Punch after visiting the zoo three times that week.