【パンチくん日記🐵】ずっと一緒がいい♥離れたくない🥺行ったり来たりするパンチが嬉しそう🐒飼育員パパは下ろさない方針に変更したのかも！？でも他ではぼっちなパンチが心配【Punch's Diary】

Until recently, the zookeeper would repeatedly put Punch down from his keeper's shoulder during mealtimes to encourage independence, but it seems that's no longer the case. Perhaps the zookeeper dad realized that Punch wasn't ready to be independent yet, and changed his approach. We also felt that this was for the best. He's still a baby, not even a year old yet. If they took away the zookeeper dad, Punch would lose his sense of security. This video was filmed on the afternoon of June 21, 2026, and is a continuation of the previous video. We're following the growth of Punch at Ichikawa City Zoological and Botanical Garden. Since we visit frequently, we don't go to the front row; we film from the back. We watch Punch through the gaps. Of course, when it's completely empty and there's no one there, we watch from the front row, but otherwise, we watch from the back. We even watch from the back during mealtimes. Punch-kun, a Japanese macaque born in July 2025, has been living in the monkey enclosure at Ichikawa City Zoological and Botanical Garden since January 19, 2026. It seems he has a mother, but due to it being her first birth and the summer heat, she abandoned him... The zookeepers were raising Punch-kun, who couldn't survive on his own, but they decided that raising him artificially indefinitely wouldn't be good for him, so they released him into the monkey enclosure at Ichikawa City Zoological and Botanical Garden on January 19, 2026, and are currently monitoring his progress. Initially, he was bullied by various older monkeys, but he persevered and his gradual growth is very inspiring and heartwarming. Also, the orangutan plush toy that Punch-kun has (Orang-mama) is because, like humans, Japanese macaques are raised by their mothers, so the absence of a mother would cause him stress. They gave Punch-kun an IKEA orangutan plush toy, and he started hugging it. In the past, he also hugged a Rilakkuma plush toy, thinking it was his mother or a friend. However, that monkey (Otome-chan) seems to have let go of her stuffed animal and become independent at around 1 year and 2 months old, so Punch-kun might also let go of his orangutan mother in a few months. Incidentally, Otome-chan is also in the same zoo!? His adorable image of holding the orangutan stuffed animal has resonated worldwide and made him incredibly popular. Let's all watch over Punch-kun together! Also, many baby monkeys were born in the spring of 2026, so we're excited to see how they grow. #monkeypunch #panchkun #panch #GoPunch #IchikawaCityZoo #japantravel