Sometimes life hands you the worst possible beginning, and somehow through sheer will and determination you figure out how to make it work anyway.

Punch, the abandoned monkey who soared to fame after being seen tugging around a stuffed toy, was filmed seeking comfort with the plushie after he was bullied by older monkeys at Ichikawa Zoo in Japan...

Punch (pronounced Punch-kun in Japanese) is a baby macaque whose mother rejected him at birth.