India, Feb. 24 -- Punch, a baby macaque at Ichikawa City Zoo, has captured global attention by clinging to an orangutan plushie after being abandoned by his mother.

This mirrors Harry Harlow's 1950s experiments, which demonstrated that emotional nourishment is crucial for attachment.

This challenges the behaviourist view that physical needs alone form bonds.

A baby macaque monkey named Punch has gone viral for his heart-wrenching pursuit of companionship.

After being abandoned by his mother and rejected by the rest of his troop, his zookeepers at Ichikawa City Zoo in Japan provided Punch with an orangutan plushie as a stand-in mother. Videos of the monkey clinging to the toy have gone viral worldwide.

But Punch's attachment to his in...