J-nose job cuts stress getting along with his mate

[Taro Toporific]

AP CustomWire | Nov 18
An oriental white stork named "Taisa" is seen after a plastic resin prosthetic was attached Friday, Nov. 18, 2005 to upper part of whose beak which snapped off after getting stuck in metal wiring at Akita's Omoriyama Zoo, northern Japan. Taisa had lost weight since he broke his beak last November because he found it difficult to catch live fish, and no longer got along with his female breeding mate due to stress.

[Greji]

AP CustomWire | Nov 18
An oriental white stork named "Taisa" is seen after a plastic resin prosthetic was attached Friday, Nov. 18, 2005 to upper part of whose beak which snapped off after getting stuck in metal wiring at Akita's Omoriyama Zoo, northern Japan. Taisa had lost weight since he broke his beak last November because he found it difficult to catch live fish, and no longer got along with his female breeding mate due to stress.

Plastic resin prosthetic! Hmmm. Ahh, do you think they might have other frunctional uses that could be applied to humans?

[gomichild]

Also of interest in the world of animal prosthetics is the tale of Fuji a dolphin at the Okinawa Aquarium.