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MONKEY MILESTONE: Punch the macaque monkey — who melted hearts online after clinging to a stuffed monkey for comfort after being abandoned by his mother — is turning a new page. New footage shows the once-lonely baby monkey now sticking close to a bigger monkey and happily following them...

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