What do you call a three - legged elephant ? “ The future , ” apparently , as Thai elephant Motola is conform to with aprosthetic legmonths after another elephant in the same hospital get one . Should we be concerned about these new cybernetic pachyderm ?
The 48 - twelvemonth old Motola was fitted with her permanent prosthetic leg yesterday , ten year after she mislay the master copy in a landmine chance event . amazingly , she is n’t the first elephant with a prosthetic limb;three - year previous Mosha have a stain novel leg in March , interchange the one she ’d been given in 2007 . Both elephants have been treat at the same infirmary , operate by the organization Friends of the Asian Elephant , which direct out that many elephants in the area are wound by terra firma mines left from conflicts with neighboring country .
While we ’re happy for both Motola and Mosha , we ’re not sure about the estimation of elephants with replacement component part . Has science finally caught up toshitty 1980s Marvel Comics ?
Thai elephant gets artificial leg[BBC News ] ( Thanks , Kle . )
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