00:03So this morning we're out in front of the orangutan exhibit here at the San Diego Zoo and we're trying
00:09to get some great footage of our young Sumatran orang Aisha.
00:13Aisha is almost eight and a half months old.
00:16We're seeing a lot of behaviors with her.
00:18She's always been very curious about her surroundings and very observant.
00:24And she is trying all sorts of food, anything that she can put in her mouth, she's definitely trying it
00:29out.
00:29So that's a good thing.
00:31But yeah, mom is now allowing her to take some of the fruit.
00:34Fruit is a very favorite food item so a lot of times mom wasn't sharing but now mom is sharing.
00:40Today on exhibit the orangutans got bamboo and jello in the bamboo.
00:46This allows the orangutans to tool use and use their enrichment for a longer period of time.
00:53And Inda definitely likes it.
00:55They'll use sticks to grab and get the bamboo out.
00:59And this is a great learning experience for the baby also.
01:02She'll be watching mom.
01:04As she gets older mom will start actively teaching her.
01:12Inda will swing horizontally on the rope.
01:16She is really the only orangutan I've seen do that.
01:19So it is a behavior that she really likes.
01:21So it definitely looks like she's rocking her.
01:23So it'll be interesting to see when Aisha gets older if she'll do that same behavior that she learned from
01:27mom.
01:28It will be interesting to see if she likes it and becomes an adult that does it too.
01:31We will see Aisha leave mom on her own and climb around the ropes and climbing structure on her own.
01:37And then other times we'll see mom place the baby into the hammock or physically try and put the baby
01:44away from her.
01:46And that could be a couple of things.
01:47It could be that mom wants her to have more time climbing around and building those muscles and gaining strength
01:53and confidence.
01:54And it could just be that mom wants some alone time and it's hot and she doesn't want a baby
01:59clinging to her.
02:00So it's all kind of just up for interpretation of why she's doing it.
02:04But both reasons are very valid reasons.
02:09So we're all very excited to see Aisha grow and develop, but it'll be a slow process.
02:14Orangutan babies do stay with their moms almost exclusively for three to four years before they really even start venturing.
02:21And up to eight years before they leave their mom.
02:24So it'll be a very slow process.
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