3D Printed Leg For Dudley the Duck

We have all seen the beak that someone made for an Eagle, and the Foot someone 3D printed for a duck last year, well this is even cooler. Dudley the Duck lost his leg to an angry chicken last year. This clearly affected his life in a negative way, however the amazing nature of 3D printing has changed his life for the better. It all started when Proto3000 offered to 3D print the leg which they mirrored after his good leg, and designed with 3D software. This is not the first duck/leg which has been printed to save one of these cute creatures, but it is what appears to be the most sophisticated. Here it is:

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And Here is Dudley:
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When another duck loses a leg, it's not generally given a lot of priority, and the prospects for its continued survival are fairly limited. A duck found in such a state by members of the Ramakrishna Mission in the city of Rajahmundr, India has received a most welcome reprieve from the usually fatal sentence associated with such injuries and is being given a prosthetic leg 3D printed by Sandeep Reddy and M. Veeresh at 3Ding, a startup in Film Nagar. Researching current prosthetics informed the design decisions that led to the development of the flexible 3D printed prosthetic which is scheduled to be fitted on its fowl recipient in the immediate future. Read more at http://3dprint.com/112430/3d-printed-duck-leg/

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