David Cooper
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Appearances Over Time
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I would like to think he's named after the drink, not after the violent act.
I think that's what it was.
I think that's what it was.
So Punch is a baby macaque.
You can't say that on the radio.
Baby?
Sorry, infant.
Macaque.
Macaque?
Punch is a baby macaque.
Six or seven months ago, he was abandoned by his mother.
and abandoned by his monkey friends.
It's true.
He was all by himself.
He was essentially rescued by the zoo in Ichikawa, Japan, and he was bullied, and he was by himself, and
They ended up, the zookeepers got him, because he was raised by the zookeepers for the longest time, and then eventually once he was old enough to essentially fend for himself, which isn't quite true, but like any good Karate Kid movie, he was left on his own and had to deal with these bullies.
But unlike all the Karate Kid movies, there was no Mr. Miyagi.
Instead, there was a plush little orangutan toy that you can get from Ikea, by the way.
It is an Ikea toy.
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