Watch: Kiwi Hatching
See the beginning of a kiwi egg hatching in this behind-the-scenes Facebook Live at the Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute!
Keeper Wes gives viewers at home a close-up look at how the eggs are incubated and cared for.
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Kiwi feathers collected from across the U.S. and Europe will soon be heading home in a repatriation effort between the U.S. and New Zealand.
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