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Posted by fsszj | Filed under Animal Advocacy
Bang on your hood
19 Friday Oct 2012
Tag Archives: Animals
Bear vs. Bear
10 Wednesday Oct 2012
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Fall is Here
09 Tuesday Oct 2012
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Halloween Cat
09 Tuesday Oct 2012
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Funny Photo:Horse
02 Tuesday Oct 2012
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YOU’VE GOT A STAIN RIGHT THERE ON YOUR SHIRT.
IT’S LIKE … MUSTARD OR SOMETHING. I DON’T KNOW.
27 Thursday Sep 2012
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Funny Photo:Its Cool
24 Monday Sep 2012
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Funny Photo:My Baloney
16 Sunday Sep 2012
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Beauty and the Beak
13 Thursday Sep 2012
Posted in Animal Advocacy
Beauty and the Beak
In 2005, a female bald eagle was found on the brink of starvation in Alaska—her upper beak had been shattered when a poacher shot her in the face, her tongue and sinuses exposed. In a land of plenty, she was forced to scrounge for food. Raptor specialist Jane Fink Cantwell, of the Birds of Prey NorthWest in Idaho, took in the eight-year-old eagle and dubbed her “Beauty”. She was nursed back to health, but it became clear that her destroyed beak was too badly damaged to grow back. Euthanasia was recommended, but Cantwell wouldn’t give up, and soon her miracle came in the form Nate Calvin, a mechanical engineer, who offered create a prosthetic beak. He made a mould of her shattered upper mandible and laser-scanned it, which enabled him to make changes in a 3D modelling program—then, he 3D-printed it using a nylon-based polymer. A team of scientists, engineers, and medical specialists then began the installation. They fitted a titanium mount onto Beauty’s beak, then glued on the prosthetic beak using techniques similar to fitting human dentures—Calvin even employed the help of his personal dentist. Beauty was soon able to drink water and preen her feathers independently for the first time in years. New growth means that the beak must be constantly readjusted and refitted, so it isn’t yet anchored firmly enough for Beauty to return to the wild—but the technology has given her a second chance at life.
How many pigeons does it take to use a drinking fountain?
11 Tuesday Sep 2012
Posted in Humor
How many pigeons does it take to use a drinking fountain? In Brisbane, Australia, apparently the answer is three! Earlier this month, a trio of industrious birds Down Under figured out how to operate a water fountain by observing humans and then making their move when the coast was clear. The feathered friends reportedly spent 10 minutes bathing and sipping from the fountain, taking turns pushing the lever for each other until all were quenched.
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