what Punch tells us about attachment theory
- Written by Mark Nielsen, Associate Professor, School of Psychology, The University of Queensland
David Mareuil/Anadolu via Getty ImagesA 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...





