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Beauty the bald eagle has a prosthetic beak...What a great story!

Todd Roberson

Apr 17, 2013

About: Kites Eagle Osprey Hawk Birds of Prey Owl Bird Falcon

The bird was found scrounging for food and slowly starving at a landfill in Alaska. A bullet had taken from her curved upper beak, leaving her tongue and sinuses exposed, with a stump useless for grasping food
Until the prosthetic was attached, Beauty relied on human handlers to feed her, but thanks to the new beak she can again grasp her own food.

Some critics question such an extraordinary effort to save one bird that is no longer on the endangered species list. But Nate Cantwell, the engineer who spent 200 hours designing the complex beak pointed out that Beauty has the potential to breed or be a foster mother to orphaned eagles.Beauty lives in Idaho at "Birds of Prey"

Todd Roberson

12 years, 7 months ago

Todd Roberson added a photo to Beauty the bald eagle has a prosthetic beak...What a great story!.

Robert Neal

12 years, 7 months ago

Robert Neal posted:

This is a great topic Todd and amazing to see how much people care about animals. It's heart-breaking to know what people will do but heart-warming to know what people do too. Thanks for sharing it Todd