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more about #prosthetic Questioning Everything: I have much(a) love for Mosha! more » LaComtesse: CYBORG ELEPHANT!!!!! OMG this is the most amazing thing I ever could have hoped for. (Not that I want to blow off animals' legs in order to give them ... more » EkaterinaBallerina: Awww, this story warms my heart! On a side note, my brother and I used to get into massive arguments as kids (actually, we still get into this argumen... more » Lady Skittlehattington: Now the jokes begin where everyone asks if the elephant's name is Tripod. Happens every time. more » saintbernadette: I wish they had painted a Converse shoe on that foot! Pink! more » Cheeks All Over: Thanks Jez! I am having one really shitty day, and this just made it a good bit better. more » R_Claw: Aww, she's so happy in that pic. Smiling and raising her hind leg, makes me smile! more » lilbobbytables: Oh Mosha! I hope you adjust well! More power to you, my pachyderm friend! more » DutchessOfDork: Haha. I saw this story yesterday and I kept looking at to make my day better. more » BellaNotte: Can they please adapt this technology for race horses so that they don't have to be put down after racing accidents? more » hello.kitty: Now they just have to attach a machine gun, so she can go shoot the M-fers who planted the mines. And poachers too. more » AtomiClash: humanitarian misanthrope: Horribly sad and yet completely awesome. Also, if anyone ever has any doubts that animals experience emotions, that, right there, is an elephant smiling. more » brinkswomanship: That is an awesome achievement! Go Mosha!! I'm expecting new events to be added to the Paralympics imminently. Monk-lifting? Also, hooray for any publ... more » tonightineed is actually Mrs. Ziegler-Spock: She is going to be the elephant in the room the moment Tyra announces the Animals With Prosthesis cycle, i.e. Cycle 24. more » sweet cuppin' cakes needs coffee: Pobre cito... that is precious and sad at the same time. more » Jello Mix: I adore stories like this. You have to love anyone that takes the time to make an elephant a prosthetic! more » kaiwhakamarie: At times like this I wish I still lived in New Zealand. *sigh* I love Weta. more » Cesybabe or Nirvanah Crane: Weta are fantastico! You couldn't get a company more in line with the Kiwi attitude of number 8 wire (that will fix everything) and helping out others... more » laughing_anima: but does it relax her to hear the sound of the land? more » Liz11685: This woman has fulfilled my childhood dreams! I kinda hope that these tails get mass produced by someone. more » -
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Big Foot
This is Mosha. She lost her leg to a landmine on the Thai-Burmese border. Now she has become the first elephant with a working prosthetic leg. [Zooillogix] -
#atailtale
Weta Workshop Designs Mermaid Tail Prosthetic For Amputee
"A prosthetic is a prosthetic, and your body has to be comfortable with it and you have to mentally make it part of yourself," says Nadya Vessey, who now has the prosthetic of her dreams. More »
