Images of him being bullied by his enclosure-mates, retreating to safety and clinging to a plushie look-alike for comfort won hearts around the world. But finally, Punch the monkey is fitting in.

Punch the baby orphan macaque is outgrowing the orangutan plushie that comforted him through early rejection from his mother ...

In a new video, the beloved baby macaque was spotted making friends and even riding on the back of fellow monkeys.

Punch, a Japanese macaque, stole the hearts of millions after he was abandoned by his mom and rejected by some of his peers. Now, things are looking up for him.