Punch the monkey's emotional support plushie is an IKEA find — and it won't stay in stock.
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| You can get your very own 'Ora-Mama' for just $20. Credit: Ikea |
If you've been online at all this week, you've probably seen Punch, the baby macaque in Japan who was abandoned by his mother and has since emotionally bonded with a stuffed orangutan. The internet calls the plushie his "Ora-Mama," and it's the most heartbreakingly cute thing happening on the internet right now (spoiler alert: the story has a happy ending), and naturally, everyone wants to know more.
That's why we were delighted to learn that the famous Ora-Mama plushie is available online from Ikea, and for just $19.99. The stuffed animal even has a typical Ikea name, the DJUNGELSKOG.
The good news (if you're looking to buy Punch's stuffie yourself) is that it's not some rare collector's item. Punch’s best friend, the "DJUNGELSKOG" soft toy designed by Ann-Cathrine Sigrid Ståhlberg from IKEA, is still in stock. There are more than 1,000 reviews, and most of them are super sweet, so this would definitely make for a great gift.
You can grab your own for $19.99. It’s a 14-inch plush orangutan with Velcro on the hands and feet so it can hang from shelves (or hug you back). But given that Punch has gone completely viral — and the President of IKEA Japan just visited the zoo to hand-deliver a lifetime supply of these stuffed animals — I wouldn't be surprised if these start selling out fast.
Stop supporting zoos !!!! It’s horrible watching these poor animals behind closed doors on concrete !!!!
ReplyDeleteby this logic if we don't support the zoos they will go back to being lab animals so you may as well support the zoos. And pet shops so those animals aren't sitting and suffering while the ones already in shelters are being adopted. The world is stupid but Idiocracy is making it much much worse.
DeleteArgh, my stone cold hard heart is melting. And it hurts!
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Punch has successfully bonded with another monkey, which has started grooming him.
ReplyDeleteIn primates, grooming is a primary indicator of trust, social bonding, and acceptance. Additionally, zookeepers have shared videos of Punch engaging in playful interactions with other young monkeys in the troop. https://www.geo.tv/latest/651416-viral-monkey-punch-finally-finds-his-pack-at-ichikawa-zoo
Does anyone know what is "different" about him that not only his mother rejected him but also other orangutans dont want him?
ReplyDeleteI was wondering the same!
Deletewell first off he's not an orangutan, idk if he's kept with orangutans but that would explain it 😅
Deletethis ikea monkey has been a staple in our house for 5 years
ReplyDeleteOur IKEA monkey came disassembled and the hex wrench was missing. 🥸😅. Seriously though, the story calls back a study where a baby had prickly wire monkey with milk and a plush monkey: Harry Harlow's famous rhesus monkey experiments.
ReplyDeleteLa nouvelle pub IKEA malgré elle et l'attrape-nigaud des foules sentimentales.
ReplyDeleteDans la nature, la mère ne l'aurait sûrement pas rejeté...🤨
ReplyDeleteHelp him to a monkey nursey where he gets love , he needs love and care, please ! The bigger monkeys harras him , tesse him, try to steal his “ substitute mother “ toy.
ReplyDeleteHe is extremely nervous and hiding behind a rock, poor thing needs protection ! Please get him out of there,
Please Mashable before he dies if neglect, lonelyness and lack if love and care, please ! ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️
Please he needs love and feel protected , he is lacking a natural mother, this will tear him down, not where he is now he will never florish here , he will soon turn into a nervous wreck.please Mashable do what you can ! 😢😢😢😢😢😢😢
We have one of these tiny IKEA monkeys, and this story makes me weep 😢
ReplyDeleteMy baby 😭😭😭😭😭
ReplyDeleteI ❤️him
ReplyDeletenow he's doing fine... he's been taken under the wing of an older monkey
ReplyDeletehttps://www.the-sun.com/news/15962203/abandoned-baby-monkey-punch-finds-real-family/
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ReplyDeleteLa nouvelle pub IKEA malgré elle et l'attrape-nigaud des foules sentimentales qui aiment tant les animaux jusqu'à détester et tuer les humains.
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ReplyDelete😄
DeleteGET HIM OUT OF THERE... His own space, to be safe.
ReplyDeletethey have now found a family that have accepted him .. he is very happy with them
DeleteThis breaks my heart , no one, to protect him ! Abuse !!
ReplyDeleteHe needs a parent figure, DO something please asap , you can see the little one is afraid and nervous hiding behind a rock when the bigger monkeys try to steal his “ substitute mother “. Something must be done !!!Mashable help this little lonely baby monkey , he is too vunerable ! Please ! ❤️
https://www.worldanimalprotection.nl/
ReplyDeleteAnother IKEA plushie becomes a positive symbol. This Sweedish is winning big
ReplyDeleteI really hope that IKEA does some type of donation with the money they get from these sales. If anyone finds out, post it!
ReplyDeleteIKEA japan already made a huge donation to the zoo
DeleteI saw that! I think it would be awesome if they continued with the sales of the Orangutan.
DeleteIs the Punch plushie going to be made?
ReplyDeleteIt’s made! They’re in the kids section.
DeletePunchie-kun plushie??? Omg i want!!!🥹
ReplyDeleteI need a Punch asap
ReplyDeleteIKEA revenue is 50% cardboard furniture and 50% plushie sharks and monkeys.
ReplyDeleteThey know their customers.
Awe
ReplyDeleteI’m so sick of this story spamming my feeds
ReplyDeleteDon't worry, be Happy
DeleteThis bullied monkey got more followers than people who try
ReplyDeleteHe deserves them!
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DeleteEwww you’re seriously going to follow me from post to post because you’re upset that I pointed out that bringing up someone’s miscarriages and supposed infertility to try and prove a point is gross behavior? Lol and you follow that up with harassment?
DeleteWhy are you so obsessed with me? Don’t you have supposed children to take care of?
Also your comment history is still accessible too lol. Please get a hobby or go take care of your supposed children that is more important than following someone post to post just because you’re butthurt that you didn’t get the last word because the thread was locked. Move on. Again, you’ve said you’re done talking to me so prove it. Your desperation for the last word only proves the opposite of your point.
I know he has more than one toy. There was a vid of punch jumping on the leg of a zoo keeper, and in one of the clips the zoo keeper had taken a dirty stuffed toy and left a new clean one. But I couldn't see if they were both exactly the same, just know there's more than one.
ReplyDeleteAh ok I’ll have to see if I can find that one to see if it matches up to the alternative orangutans
DeleteGuess everyone’s just as obsessed with that orangutan as they are with the toy's design.
ReplyDeleteIt's cute
ReplyDeleteeveryone rn
ReplyDeletehttps://imgur.com/a/K49TXMD
I tried to get one, but they're sold out
ReplyDeleteIt comes with left over parts
ReplyDeleteIs it the next labubu
ReplyDelete👀🤔
DeleteIt's a very cute little animal.
ReplyDelete😢😢😢😢😢
ReplyDelete🐒
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ReplyDeleteI lost almost all the money I invested so far
ReplyDelete'Punch' teaches us all a very important lesson. It makes us question our conscience, our lives, everything.
ReplyDeleteWhats the ticker tho?
ReplyDeletethat looks like a different toy
ReplyDeleteI sell it for $500
ReplyDeletehttps://imgur.com/a/AMTrj9r
here
ReplyDeletehttps://t.co/pzRLX29KWM
IKEA: Sold out
ReplyDeletePunch: Not selling
did the Punch the Monkey toy really just sell out at IKEA
ReplyDeleteOnly in japan
ReplyDeleteThis is 2026, even a monkey can influence people
ReplyDelete这玩具卖得比猴还快
ReplyDeleteThis would've been a billion dollar coin in 2024
ReplyDeleteHe's taking over
ReplyDeletePrice change is real
ReplyDeletePunch the monkey is unstoppable
ReplyDeletehttps://tenor.com/edmzSdeZmKW.gif
ReplyDeleteIkea should buy punch a delicious foods.
ReplyDeleteahhh that's sad
ReplyDeleteIKEA should put 10% of profits towards donation to Ichikawa Zoo so they can improve their facilities and enclosements.
ReplyDeletePunch : lucky i already have one before it sold out 🤣
ReplyDeleteMoney should go to Punch @IKEAUSA
ReplyDeleteSecurity review
ReplyDeletePunch 😍
ReplyDeletepunch <3
ReplyDeleteguess who owns all the monkeys 🙈
ReplyDeleteyk u act n know hella jewish shit for a non jewish dude
Deletecrazy sentence
DeleteNot you
Deletehttps://imgur.com/a/Wyol3Wz
ReplyDeleteSome heavy marketing, that's awesome
ReplyDeletegreat marketing!
ReplyDeleteAnd it's gonna get sold out
ReplyDeleteLight work 🐒👀
ReplyDeleteHumans? Never cease to take advantage of an opportunity
ReplyDelete- cape
One viral video can help improve your sales.
ReplyDeleteCringe af
ReplyDeletePunch is sold out 😂
ReplyDeleteGuy buys an IKEA monkey toy for $18. Sells out. Sees resales at $40, buys more. Then $70, buys even more. Now they’re $100 so he loads up heavy. Finally decides to sell… and gets told: “Sell to who? You are the monkey man!
ReplyDeleteIKEA is like the fed tho, infinitely printing
ReplyDeleteIf anyone’s hunting for the real thing, just check IKEA’s site or a local store the Djungelskog orangutan is still listed around $19.99 USD (or equivalent)
ReplyDeleteWhat a blast!
ReplyDelete🍿
ReplyDeletePunch🚀
ReplyDelete❤️
ReplyDeleteYeah. I’ve totally fallen for little Punch.
ReplyDeletePunch !!!!!!🐒
ReplyDeleteWtf can't they just adopt him!!?
ReplyDeleteWtf can't they just adopt him!!?
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