Karl's New Beak: 3-D Printing Builds a Bird a Better Life

Lela Nargi

Karl's New Beak: 3-D Printing Builds a Bird a Better Life
Format
Hardback
Publisher
Capstone Editions of Coughlan Companies
Country
United States
Published
1 June 2020
Pages
32
ISBN
9781684460267

Karl’s New Beak: 3-D Printing Builds a Bird a Better Life

Lela Nargi

An Abyssinian Ground Hornbill named Karl at Smithsonian’s National Zoo and Conservation Biology Institute had a special challenge. His lower bill had broken off which made eating difficult. Karl found new ways to eat but he wasn’t getting enough food. His keepers and some friends at the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History came up with an idea. Could they use an old bird skeleton and a 3-D printer to make Karl a new beak

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