Japan's viral baby monkey Punch to celebrate 1st birthday

Punch, the viral baby monkey in Japan, is turning a year old!

According to the Japan News, the Japanese macaque at Ichikawa City Zoo in Ichikawa, Chiba Prefecture, will mark his first birthday on Sunday.

Punch went viral in February after he was caught on cam running toward the stuffed orangutan and finding comfort in it, following an altercation with other monkeys in the Japanese zoo.

He is rarely seen without the toy given to him by the zoo keepers after Punch was abandoned by his mom.

With the absence of his mother, Punch finds emotional support through a stuffed orangutan toy. —Jade Veronique Yap/JCB, GMA News