Engineers at the Nashville-based copier reseller didn't think helping a duck live a normal life would be a project they would encounter during the rise of 3-D printing. But they agreed to donate their time, expertise and technology to help Buttercup when a suburban Memphis waterfowl sanctuary approached them.
Buttercup was hatched last year in a high school biology lab with a backward left foot. His second owner, Mike Garey of Feathered Angels Waterfowl Sanctuary in Arlington, Tenn., knew Buttercup wouldn't survive in his condition.
"When he would walk outside, his leg would start bleeding," Garey said. "I knew Buttercup would be better off as a peg-leg duck than a duck with a disabled foot."
A veterinarian amputated the duck's left foot in February, and a long healing process began. As Buttercup's stump healed, Garey looked for options to give him a prosthetic foot.
Garey considered 3-D printing because the model for a mold could be built with extreme precision.
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I know Einstein's brain is in a jar out there somewhere...
Duck gets 3D printed foot.
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Duck gets 3D printed foot.
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