Watch This Orangutan Begin Her Journey on Her Own for the First Time

At just five and a half months old, baby orangutan Aisha is already showing off her climbing skills.

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00:00So we're here at the San Diego Zoo watching mother orangutan Inda and baby Aisha, five and a half months old, becoming independent.

00:14Mom is always staying close by and always keeping an eye on her, but she's definitely letting

00:32Aisha go out on her own more.

00:35She's pushing her to start climbing and teaching her those vital skills she's going to start

00:39needing as she gets older.

00:41Other members of the group have been starting to interact with Aisha, they've been coming

01:02up and checking her out.

01:04Not too much actual physical touching yet, but they're definitely checking her out and

01:09mom is keeping a close eye on those interactions.

01:15Aisha is starting to mouth foods and explore things with her mouth.

01:32She doesn't have her teeth yet, so she's still nursing, but pretty soon she'll start eating

01:36solid foods.

01:39She's really starting to gain independence and climb around and we saw some great movements

01:49of Aisha on her own with mom kind of pushing her and telling her where to go and what to

01:56do.

01:57There's one that goes Informa.

01:58So it's just another thing we saw in the doctor.

01:59That's our story.

02:00It's so beautiful.

02:01So it's beautiful.

02:02Thank you so much to the doctor.

02:03If you want to ask her to say, how can she do it?

02:04We see your witnesses.

02:05We see your witnesses.

02:06We see you.

02:07What are the places that have seen, too?

02:08We see you!

02:09Bye, bye.

02:11We see you next time.

02:12Bye.

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