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Keepers gave Punch that stuffed animal, which is from Swedish furniture brand IKEA.

It sells for just under 20 bucks.

Punch's mom became a popular item after his overnight fame.

An IKEA store in Singapore said the plushy has been sold out since Monday.

On auction sites, they're going for as much as $350.

So this is the story of Punch the Monkey.

We talked a little bit about yesterday that's gone national about the little monkey that was abandoned by its mom and then shunned by the rest of the tribe group.

What do you call a group of monkeys?

Heard.

It depends on the monkey.

So Punch the Monkey is not a euphemism for

oh it is anything oh it is absolutely is don't be knocking my hobbies let's not let's not

let's not get these all confused but uh punch is just the name of a monkey um and so they gave the monkey a little stuffed animal, and then it seemed to be feeling a little

better for the companionship since its mom had abandoned it, and then the tribe, the rest of

the monkeys had shunned it.

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