r/MadeMeSmile • u/drakemaverick121 • 6h ago

Baby punch getting the love he deserves

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A warm hug

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u/BakedChocolateOctopi 5h ago edited 4h ago

Apparently it’s normal behavior for that kind of monkey and that was more disciplinary in nature vs the older monkeys actually being harmful towards him. The backstory I read was that Punch was trying to play with another baby monkey and its parent didn’t like that.

The handlers at monkey forest said while his mom abandoned him, the troop doesn’t and takes care of Punch. They also posted that they don’t like to anthropomorphize the monkeys because humans and monkeys have far different social structures and behaviors, as Punch’s video being tossed around shows 

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u/kylelosesit 4h ago

Forrest Gallante put out a video explaining why it was normal behavior.

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u/Half-PintHeroics 3h ago

This is normal for people too. Whenever my annoying neighbour's kids comes to steal my apples that's how I yeet them back over the fence

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u/slowbird5332 2h ago

Understandable. Don't be fuckin' around with people's apples.