New Delhi, March 3 -- Punch, the baby Japanese macaque who captured global attention earlier this year, has once again gone viral - this time for a gentle moment that many viewers have described as both heartwarming and unexpectedly human.

A new video circulating widely on social media shows the young monkey appearing to wave at visitors as the zoo prepared to close for the day, prompting another surge of online affection for the small primate.

The seven-month-old macaque lives at the Ichikawa City Zoological and Botanical Garden near Tokyo, where he first became an internet sensation after footage showed him clinging to a large stuffed orangutan toy for comfort. Born in July 2025 and abandoned by his mother shortly after birth, Punch w...