Duck Gets 3D-Printed Foot to Help Him Walk Again!
Posted by Tony on July 1st, 2013Buttercup is an adorable little duck who was born with one of his feet turned backwards.
Born at a high school as part of a biology program, Buttercup was given to a sanctuary specializing in dealing with ducks.
Software engineer for the sanctuary, Mike Garey, took Buttercup under his wing and began looking for ways to give this little duck a much-less painful method of mobility.
Using photos of Buttercup’s sister Minnie’s foot, NovaCopy, a 3D printing company that Garey had gone to, created and then printed a copy of the foot.
Just last night, Buttercup was given the new foot to test out and the result is something that’ll make even hard-nosed haters of cute stuff smirk a little bit at.
The video above is Buttercup before the new foot. The video below is Buttercup with the new foot.
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