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World's Most Incredible Animal ProstheticsPublished on 10/8/2008 under MedicineTAGS: Animal Prosthetics, Animal Prostheses, Prosthetic animals, Tonka the Turtle, Molly the Pony, Motala the elephant, Fuji the Dolphin, Uzonka the Stork, Stumpy the kangaroo, Tonka, the Turtle on WheelsTonka, a Bay Area Turtle, lost mobility after her legs were bitten by a dog, so Peninsula Humane Society workers fitted the three-legged tortoise with a set of toy wheels. Suddenly, Tonka was off a rolling! slowly of course. And then, in the next couple of days, when her picture showed up in the morning newspaper, she was adopted almost immediately. Molly, the Pony With A Prosthetic Leg Her right front leg was terribly damaged and became infected. Vets thought that was it and Molly looked to be on her way to the knackers yard, but then surgeon Rustin Moore met Molly, he changed his mind. He noticed how the pony was careful to lie down on different sides so she didn't seem to get sores, and how she allowed people to handle her. Moore agreed to remove her leg below the knee and a temporary artificial limb was built. Molly walked out of the clinic under her own steam, and is now an inspiration for children... and horses around the world. Motala, the elephant with a bag of woods Fuji, the Dolphin with a Rubber Tail A dolphin's tail fin is its engine. Without it, dolphins can't swim, jump or dive, so engineers from Bridgestone Tire Company worked to design a new rubber tail for Fuji. The first designs did not work properly or had some other drawback. Finally, Fuji accepted the third tail design, made of silicon rubber with a foam padding, and was able to swim almost as well as an intact dolphin. Uzonka, the Stork with a Prosthetic bill Stumpy, the kangaroo with a Prosthetic Limb  Del.icio.us
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