"We were amazed to see that there were 14 eggs in her body," said Wu, the administrative director of the zoo. "We suspect she was having a difficult labour because too many eggs were congesting the outlet." The zoo sent the turtle to Chengdu 416 Hospital for a caesarean delivery, and doctors more used to human patients managed to improvise.
"We decided to open the shell covering its stomach with a skull opener since the shell is about as hard as a human skull." It took more than two hours for the doctors to open the shell, remove the 14 eggs and then reseal the shell with epoxy resin.
The nice thing is that we know there are still people out there that are willing to do what they can for all creatures. If the turtle needs a C-section, someone will find a way to make it happen.
