Kiwi chick hatched at the Smithsonian’s National Zoo

Posted on 31 March 2010

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One of the world’s most endangered species—a brown kiwi Apteryx mantelli—hatched at the Smithsonian’s National Zoo’s Bird House, early Tuesday morning, March 30. [...more]

(Photo by Mehgan Murphy)

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