--- title: Baby Orangutan Named Khaleesi Stands Up: Video description: Before her loyal human subjects canonical: https://time.com/4013194/baby-orangutan-khaleesi-stand-up/ author: Rachel Handler article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2015-08-27T15:01:32.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-08-04T08:03:02.220Z og:title: Watch a Baby Orangutan Named Khaleesi Stand Up For the First Time og:description: Before her loyal human subjects og:url: https://time.com/4013194/baby-orangutan-khaleesi-stand-up/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: TIME og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Watch a Baby Orangutan Named Khaleesi Stand Up For the First Time twitter:description: Before her loyal human subjects twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # Watch a Baby Orangutan Named Khaleesi Stand Up For the First Time ## Video: 'Thrones' Catching Up With Book Plot Means Spoilers For All [Watch (HLS stream): 'Thrones' Catching Up With Book Plot Means Spoilers For All](https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/j83INjRk.m3u8) (2:02)  _Published 2015-06-16. The day_ by [Rachel Handler](https://time.com/author/rachel-handler/) ## Rachel Handler Aug 27, 2015 3:01 PM UTC by [Rachel Handler](https://time.com/author/rachel-handler/) ## Rachel Handler Aug 27, 2015 3:01 PM UTC This spring, the El Paso Zoo’s O.G. orangutans Ibu and Butch welcomed a new baby, which they named after their favorite _Game Of Thrones_ character, Khaleesi, played by tangentially related mammal Emilia Clarke. This week marked Khaleesi’s public debut, meaning after she spent a few months “bonding with Ibu behind the scenes,” she was finally ready to eat, sleep and chew pieces of the ground in front of her loyal human subjects. On Tuesday, Khaleesi deigned to perform yet another impressive action before her prostrating crowd of admirers: Stand up. For her next trick, Khaleesi will take back what was stolen from her and destroy those who wronged her. Keep up with her developmental progress and Dothraki lessons at [Ibusmommyblog.com](http://ibusmommyblog.com/). ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4013194/baby-orangutan-khaleesi-stand-up/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4013194/baby-orangutan-khaleesi-stand-up/"},"headline":"Watch a Baby Orangutan Named Khaleesi Stand Up For the First Time","datePublished":"2015-08-27T15:01:32.000Z","dateModified":"2026-08-04T08:03:02.220Z","description":"Before her loyal human subjects","url":"https://time.com/4013194/baby-orangutan-khaleesi-stand-up/","keywords":["Newsfeed","animals"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Rachel Handler","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/rachel-handler/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4013194/baby-orangutan-khaleesi-stand-up/","name":"Watch a Baby Orangutan Named Khaleesi Stand Up For the First Time"}}]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"VideoObject","name":"'Thrones' Catching Up With Book Plot Means Spoilers For All","description":"The day","thumbnailUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/v2/media/j83INjRk/poster.jpg?width=720","uploadDate":"2015-06-16T18:30:15.000Z","contentUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/j83INjRk.m3u8","embedUrl":"https://time.com/4013194/baby-orangutan-khaleesi-stand-up/","duration":"PT2M2S","potentialAction":{"@type":"SeekToAction","target":"https://time.com/4013194/baby-orangutan-khaleesi-stand-up/?jw_start={seek_to_second_number}","startOffset-input":"required name=seek_to_second_number"}}] ```