Uploaded March 2026 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

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Punch the monkey (and his stuffed animal) has captured our hearts and taken over the internet. But why?

Primatologist Christine Webb chats with Flora about how anthropomorphism pulls us in and makes us so invested in the social life of a monkey in Japan.

Listen to this and more from 2-4 pm ET on your local public radio station. Happy Science Friday!