5.Beauty the Bald Eagle
There have been plenty of injuries on this list cured with wheels and prosthetics. All very impressive. But there’s something special about fixing up a bald eagle’s beak with a polymer replacement. It’s a weapon, eating tool, and distinctive facial feature all in one.
Beauty was the victim of an attack by a poacher, one that left the upper portion of her beak destroyed, and left her starving and unable to eat like a normal eagle. She recovered on a liquid diet, but that was a temporary solution at best. A kind engineer with access to a 3d printer stepped up to save the day, taking a mold of Beauty’s beak and creating a replacement.
Beauty continues to thrive in the Birds of Prey Northwest sanctuary.