Beth Shapiro

They were probably already a little bit standoffish.

Especially compared to Khaleesi.

Marking their territory.

It's amazing.

I was there for Khaleesi's birth, and people were asking me afterward, how did that feel?

And I just, you can't even describe it.

This moment when she was born, and then she screamed.

She had this cry, this scream.

I have it on my phone, actually.

I can play it for you.

But it was just such a...

I don't know.

It's this awe.

I think this is one of the best things about the de-extinction work and the species preservation work that Colossal is doing is that we live in such a crazy time.

People don't often have an opportunity to feel genuine awe about something.

And this is one of the things that people get about going out, going hunting, get out and, you know, going and spending time in the woods or going and experiencing something that they wouldn't normally experience is this way to feel genuine wonder and excitement and enthusiasm.

And Khaleesi's birth, I wasn't there for the birth of the boys.

I was in the UK at a conference and it was very sad.

And I had COVID and I was asleep.

And the next morning I woke up and there were like 150 text messages on my phone from Ben going, what the fuck are you doing?