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Cover of Beauty and the Beak: How Science, Technology, and a 3D-Printed Beak Rescued a Bald Eagle

Beauty and the Beak: How Science, Technology, and a 3D-Printed Beak Rescued a Bald Eagle

Deborah Lee Rose, Jane Veltkamp, photographed by Glen Hush, Michele Barker, the U.S. Fish, Wildlife Service National Digital Library

Beauty and the Beak tells the true story of Beauty, a wild bald eagle whose beak was shattered after she was shot. Following her rescue, she received a prosthetic beak made with 3D printing technology. Color photographs document the eagle’s story and the replacement beak. The book brings together an injured wild animal, her rescue, and the scientific and technical work involved in providing her with a new prosthesis.

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Book details

Themes
Medicine And Health · Science · Technology And Engineering · Wildlife
Format
Paperback
Publisher
WunderMill Publishing Group, Inc.
Published
August 28, 2017
ISBN-13
9781943978380
Language
English
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