Injured Bald Eagle Gets New 3-D Printed Beak

An anonymous reader writes "A bald eagle that lost its beak to a poacher's gun receives a 3-D printed beak prosthetic like a dental implant." More (with pictures): "Mr Calvin, a founder of the Boise-based Kinetic Engineering Group, made a mold of Beauty's shattered upper mandible, laser-scanned it, fine-tuned it in a 3D modeling program, and created a prosthetic beak from a nylon-based polymer."

Comments

Too realistic

[Anonymous Coward]

They really had an opportunity here. What would be cooler than a bald eagle with a shiny carbon-fiber-and-titanium beak? Maybe make him some razor sharp metal talons too. That would give the poachers pause!

Now...

[gman003]

Now just to give it a 3d-printed gun, so it can go get revenge on the poacher who shot it.

animal prosthetics

[Guano_Jim]

I was recently asked by a client to 3D print some replacement parts for his pet duck.

But he balked when I gave him the bill.

Re:animal prosthetics

[skine]

I was recently asked by a client to 3D print some replacement parts for his pet duck.

But he balked when I gave him the bill.

That joke is just foul.

*ducks*

Re:Will it survive UV breakdown?

[Megane]

I think not being able to eat is a bigger health problem than some hypothetical chemicals. In any case, fish will probably taste better than hand-feeding it with the flesh of Anonymous Cowards.

Re:Will it survive UV breakdown?

[Anonymous Coward]

I have no beak and I am just fine!