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American tourists arrested after breaking into Punch the Monkey’s enclosure at Japan’s Ichikawa City Zoo
New York Post ^ | 5-18-26 | Ronny Reyes

Posted on 05/19/2026 12:56:57 PM PDT by MarlonRando

Two Americans were arrested in Japan on Monday after breaking into the enclosure of the beloved Punch the monkey, the 9-month-old internet sensation, police said.

Police in the Tokyo suburb of Chiba detained Reid Jahnai Daysun, 24, and Neal Jabahri Duan, 27, after one of the men allegedly jumped the fence to enter the enclosure while the other filmed.

(Excerpt) Read more at nypost.com ...


TOPICS: Conspiracy; Education; Outdoors; Pets/Animals
KEYWORDS: crime; japan; punch; race; spank
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This is big in Japan. I looked at the names of the Americans and had to see for myself. Inspector Boo-Boo is right again. Someone should give him a grant.
1 posted on 05/19/2026 12:56:57 PM PDT by MarlonRando
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Stupid Americans.


2 posted on 05/19/2026 12:57:39 PM PDT by dfwgator ("I am Charlie Kirk!")
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Throw them in a gorilla enclosure. With a horny gorilla. A big one.


3 posted on 05/19/2026 1:00:07 PM PDT by InsidiousMongo
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To: MarlonRando

I also had to look when I saw the middle names.


4 posted on 05/19/2026 1:01:05 PM PDT by Presbyterian Reporter
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To: InsidiousMongo

why would you want to do that to some poor gorilla


5 posted on 05/19/2026 1:01:21 PM PDT by MarlonRando
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To: Presbyterian Reporter

Hopefully they will lock them up for a long time.


6 posted on 05/19/2026 1:01:46 PM PDT by dfwgator ("I am Charlie Kirk!")
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To: MarlonRando

Chimps be Chimpin


7 posted on 05/19/2026 1:02:23 PM PDT by Feckless (The US Gubbmint / This TagliCanne CENSORED by FR \ IrOnic, ain't it?)
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8 posted on 05/19/2026 1:02:47 PM PDT by dfwgator ("I am Charlie Kirk!")
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To: MarlonRando

Deport them. Cane them first.


9 posted on 05/19/2026 1:04:58 PM PDT by blackdog (The philosophy of the schoolroom in one generation will be the philosophy of government in the next.)
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To: MarlonRando

Blue suit \ red tie is meme symbology for Trump the mask is meme for Bitcoin.

Don’t let that statement get lost in the noise. These are leftist agitators.


10 posted on 05/19/2026 1:05:48 PM PDT by Celerity
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image host
11 posted on 05/19/2026 1:06:11 PM PDT by thegagline (Sic semper tyrannis! Trump & Vance, 2024! (Formerly) Goldwater & Thomas Sowell)
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They are taking their entitlement and enrichment abroad.


12 posted on 05/19/2026 1:06:13 PM PDT by PGR88
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I didn’t even have to read the names.


13 posted on 05/19/2026 1:06:58 PM PDT by dfwgator ("I am Charlie Kirk!")
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To: MarlonRando

Play stupid games, win stupid prizes.


14 posted on 05/19/2026 1:09:02 PM PDT by Bubba_Leroy (Our long national nightmare is over!)
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Japanese Police don’t mess around like America’s do..........


15 posted on 05/19/2026 1:10:34 PM PDT by Red Badger (Iryna Zarutska, May 22, 2002 Kyiv, Ukraine – August 22, 2025 Charlotte, North Carolina Say her name)
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To: MarlonRando

I would say that they were just looking for their fathers, but that would be inappropriate.


16 posted on 05/19/2026 1:11:39 PM PDT by thegagline (Sic semper tyrannis! Trump & Vance, 2024! (Formerly) Goldwater & Thomas Sowell)
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Stupid “influencers”. One of the most poignant and bittersweet animal stories of the year and these idiots do this. I hope they throw the book at them.


17 posted on 05/19/2026 1:11:50 PM PDT by PghBaldy (12/14/12- 930am -rampage begins... 12/15/12 - 1030am - Obama team scouts photo-op locations.)
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Yes, yes it would. But.....


18 posted on 05/19/2026 1:12:57 PM PDT by stevio (Fight until you die!)
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To: Red Badger

I hope they use their nightsticks.


19 posted on 05/19/2026 1:13:06 PM PDT by dfwgator ("I am Charlie Kirk!")
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If these two hoodrats gave them any trouble, the police would not hesitate............


20 posted on 05/19/2026 1:15:28 PM PDT by Red Badger (Iryna Zarutska, May 22, 2002 Kyiv, Ukraine – August 22, 2025 Charlotte, North Carolina Say her name)
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