{"id":76475,"date":"2026-02-24T12:18:34","date_gmt":"2026-02-24T03:18:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/2026\/feb\/24\/punch-monkey-djungelskog-ikea-toy"},"modified":"2026-02-24T12:18:34","modified_gmt":"2026-02-24T03:18:34","slug":"whats-up-with-all-these-monkeys-djungelskog-the-orangutan-comforted-punch-but-can-the-ikea-toy-help-me","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/eastasianews.net\/wp\/?p=76475","title":{"rendered":"\u2018What\u2019s up with all these monkeys\u2019: Djungelskog the orangutan comforted Punch \u2013 but can the Ikea toy help me?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Punch may look sweet with his plushie \u2013 but anthropomorphism can\u2019t tell us what a wild animal is truly experiencing<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<p>Get our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/email-newsletters?CMP=cvau_sfl\">breaking news email<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/app.adjust.com\/w4u7jx3\">free app<\/a> or <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/australia-news\/series\/full-story?CMP=cvau_sfl\">daily news podcast<\/a><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Standing in line at Ikea\u2019s click and collect service to pick up a large plush orangutan, a wave of fatigue washes over me.<\/p>\n<p>Not only because I have been in transit for almost 24 hours after a series of flight delays, and this is my last stop before collapsing into a heap on my living room floor. But also for the reason that I, and so many others, have made this journey.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/2026\/feb\/24\/punch-monkey-djungelskog-ikea-toy\">Continue reading&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Punch may look sweet with his plushie \u2013 but anthropomorphism can\u2019t tell us what a wild animal is truly experiencingGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastStanding in line at Ikea\u2019s click and collect service to pick up a large plush &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4312,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"sns_share_botton_hide":"","vkExUnit_sns_title":"","_vk_print_noindex":"","sitemap_hide":"","_veu_custom_css":"","veu_display_promotion_alert":"","vkexunit_cta_each_option":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[586,265,88],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-76475","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-animal-welfare","category-animals","category-japan"],"veu_head_title_object":{"title":"","add_site_title":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/eastasianews.net\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/76475","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/eastasianews.net\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/eastasianews.net\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eastasianews.net\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/4312"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eastasianews.net\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=76475"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/eastasianews.net\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/76475\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":76485,"href":"https:\/\/eastasianews.net\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/76475\/revisions\/76485"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/eastasianews.net\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=76475"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eastasianews.net\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=76475"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eastasianews.net\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=76475"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}