{"id":123746,"date":"2021-06-12T15:22:17","date_gmt":"2021-06-12T22:22:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2021\/06\/waddles-the-disabled-duck-walks-for-the-first-time-on-his-3d-printed-prosthetic-leg"},"modified":"2021-06-12T15:22:17","modified_gmt":"2021-06-12T22:22:17","slug":"waddles-the-disabled-duck-walks-for-the-first-time-on-his-3d-printed-prosthetic-leg","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2021\/06\/waddles-the-disabled-duck-walks-for-the-first-time-on-his-3d-printed-prosthetic-leg","title":{"rendered":"Waddles the Disabled Duck Walks for the First Time on His 3D-Printed Prosthetic Leg"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a class=\"aligncenter blog-photo\" href=\"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog.images\/waddles-the-disabled-duck-walks-for-the-first-time-on-his-3d-printed-prosthetic-leg2.jpg\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u201cI didn\u2019t think I would be emotional about this.\u201d<\/p>\n<hr>\n<p>It\u2019s not just humans that use prosthetic limbs\u2014wounded or disabled animals can benefit from them, too. In the past, we\u2019ve reported on <a href=\"https:\/\/mymodernmet.com\/vituzzo-superstar-bionic-cat\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">cats<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/mymodernmet.com\/3d-printed-paws-derby-dog\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">dogs<\/a>, and even <a href=\"https:\/\/mymodernmet.com\/therdchai-jivacate-mosha-elephant-prosthetic-leg\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">an elephant<\/a> who have been fitted for prosthesis. The latest creature who\u2019s now learning to walk on an artificial foot is an adorable duck named Waddles.<\/p>\n<p>Waddles was born with a deformed leg, but his adoptive owner Ben Weinman wanted to help him live a better life. He contacted Derrick Campana, a Certified Pet Prostheticist at Bionic Pets who made a 3D-printed prosthetic leg and foot.<\/p>\n<p>A clip from the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/user\/NatGeoWild\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">NatGeo Wild<\/a> series, <em>The Wizard of Paws<\/em>, was recently shared online, revealing the heartwarming moment when Waddles was fitted with his new leg. At first, he\u2019s not quite sure what to make of it, but after a little encouragement from Weinman and Campana, he starts happily toddling along on both feet.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cI didn\u2019t think I would be emotional about this.\u201d It\u2019s not just humans that use prosthetic limbs\u2014wounded or disabled animals can benefit from them, too. In the past, we\u2019ve reported on cats, dogs, and even an elephant who have been fitted for prosthesis. The latest creature who\u2019s now learning to walk on an artificial foot [\u2026]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":396,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11,1499,1501],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-123746","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-biotech-medical","category-cyborgs","category-transhumanism-2"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/123746","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/396"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=123746"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/123746\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=123746"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=123746"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=123746"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}