"Primate mothers are some of the best mothers you will find in the animal kingdom," one expert said. So what happened with Punch's mom?

The baby monkey was abandoned by his mother at birth and raised by zoo staff who gave him a stuffed orangutan to provide comfort.

Zookeepers at Ichikawa City Zoo in Japan hand-reared the rescued monkey after his parents rejected him.

An abandoned baby monkey at a zoo near Tokyo, Japan has bonded with a plush toy after being left by his mother.

ICHIKAWA, Japan (CNN) - Abandoned at birth, a baby monkey at a Japanese zoo found comfort in a stuffed orangutan toy, winning thousands of hearts online. Punch, a 6-month-old Japanese macaque, was ...