3D printer used to create new duck feet

A US teacher has created two 3D prosthetic duck feet after a bird was going to be euthanased after losing its feet to frostbite.

A duck that lost its feet to frostbite is waddling again thanks to a US school teacher and a 3D printer.

Vicki Rabe-Harrison rescued Phillip the duck and, after watching a video of a 3D printer online, turned to South Park Middle School teacher Jason Jischke in Oshkosh, Wisconsin, for help.

Rabe-Harrison tells WBAY-TV that she was planning to put Phillip down when Jischke called to say he and his class were working on the project.

It took them six weeks of trial and error to get the prosthetic feet just right.

Phillip was a bit wobbly when he first tested his new feet, but has now joined other birds and animals at a sanctuary north of Milwaukee.

Autumn Farm Sanctuary co-founder Alyssa Herbst says Phillip is getting used to his new feet.


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