Vets performed an emergency 'Caesarean' yesterday (October 28) to help hatch a tiny kiwi chick because it was positioned the wrong way around inside its shell. <br /><br />The precious kiwi bird struggled to poke out its beak through the egg's membrane and wriggle free because it was stuck upside down with its leg over its head. <br /><br />A team of vets was alerted when the chick was moving less than usual inside its egg and took x-rays to check its positioning at Auckland Zoo, home to 1,400 animals in New Zealand. <br /><br />Bird keeper Debra Searchfield then used surgical tweezers to peel back delicate fragments of the shell to reveal the fragile baby bird tangled inside.
