Author Topic: Animals with prosthetics (Read 2107 times)

islander · « **on:** March 02, 2013, 11:53:51 PM »

You'll feel real love for these very cute animals with fake limbs

Their limbs may be fake, but their smiles are the real deal. You just can't keep a good critter down â€” especially if you have plenty of wheels and a hot glue gun handy. You see, it's all about mind over matter. Even though these guys have come up against some obstacles, they've taken a running jump (not literally) and cleared life's hurdles. Fact is, most of them seem thrilled to still be walking (or wheeling) around, so our hats go off to these brave little soldiers who remind us that when life gives you lemons, the best thing you can do is make lemonade. Then sell that lemonade, and buy some seriously cute prosthetics.

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islander · « **Reply #1 on:** March 03, 2013, 12:01:01 AM »

Ever seen a white dog turn green?

An abandoned dog wearing a device that aids in walking plays at Beijingâ€™s Human & Animal Environmental Education Center (Â© Jason Lee/Newscom/Reuters)

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islander · « **Reply #2 on:** March 03, 2013, 12:03:17 AM »

Someone get this horse a pirate ship, pronto.

An Indian horse nicknamed "Macho" has been fitted with an artificial leg in Bombay, India (Â© Roy Madhur/Newscom/Reuters)

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islander · « **Reply #3 on:** March 03, 2013, 12:05:55 AM »

"Slow and steady" is for suckers.

Tzvika, an injured female turtle, walks with the aid of her newly attached wheels at the Wildlife Hospital in the Ramat Gan Safari near Tel Aviv, Israel (Â© Nir Elias?Newscom/Reuters)

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islander · « **Reply #4 on:** March 03, 2013, 12:13:20 AM »

Body needs repairs, but the engine purrs.

A seven-year-old disabled cat named Cici is helped to walk by a device in the western Turkish city of Izmir (Â© Stringer/Turkey/Newscom/Reuters)

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islander · « **Reply #5 on:** March 03, 2013, 12:15:29 AM »

Here's hoping your mail carrier is faster than these wheels.

Video still of parapalegic dogs (KOMO News, http://aka.ms/wheel-dogs)

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islander · « **Reply #6 on:** March 03, 2013, 12:17:27 AM »

They had to call this dolphin "Fuji." "Flipper" was already taken.

A keeper holds an artificial tail fluke attached to female bottlenose dolphin "Fuji" at Okinawa Churaumi Aquarium in Motobu, Okinawa, Japan (Â© Issei Kato/Newscom/Reuters)

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islander · « **Reply #7 on:** March 03, 2013, 12:19:35 AM »

Hoppa hasn't looked back since trading in his legs for four-wheel drive.

Hoppa, a four-year-old mixed breed dog born without front legs, uses a prosthetic device to walk outside in the central Israeli city of Tel Aviv, Israel (Â© Amir Cohen/Newscom/Reuters)

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islander · « **Reply #8 on:** March 03, 2013, 12:23:17 AM »

She also carries a spare in the trunk.

A 48-year-old female elephant named Motala walks on her newly attached prosthetic leg at the Elephant Hospital in Lampang province, Thailand (Â© Phichaiyong Mayerku/Newscom/Reuters)

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islander · « **Reply #9 on:** March 03, 2013, 12:26:04 AM »

You should see this guy navigating the airport.

Brazilian veterinary Eliane Jessula shoes a domesticated tortoise which lost the use of its hind paws (Â© Sergio Moraes/Newscom/Reuters)

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islander · « **Reply #10 on:** March 03, 2013, 12:28:37 AM »

"What? You've never seen a dog wear a bow tie?"

A disabled dog named Christmas stands during a charity event in Minsk, Belarus (Â© Vasily Fedosenko/Newscom/Reuters)

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islander · « **Reply #11 on:** March 03, 2013, 12:31:45 AM »

Good as new, and ready to jump up on the counter again.

Oscar the cat of Surrey, England with his prosthetic hind legs (WENN.com)

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islander · « **Reply #12 on:** March 03, 2013, 12:33:49 AM »

Don't mind the dog â€” he's 'armless'.

A dog named Pay de Limon (Lemon Pay) runs fitted with two front prosthetic legs at Milagros Caninos rescue shelter in Mexico City (Â© Tomas Bravo/Newscom/Reuters)

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islander · « **Reply #13 on:** March 03, 2013, 12:35:51 AM »

Bacon rolls!

The piglet known as Chris P. Bacon scoots across the office floor of veterinarian & owner Len Lucerno near his new wheelchair in Clermont, Florida (Â© Scott Audette/Newscom/Reuters)

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islander · « **Reply #14 on:** March 03, 2013, 12:37:53 AM »

Place your bets, ladies and gentlemen.

A volunteer puts a home-made walking frame on an injured dog at the small animal protection center of southwest China's Sichuan province (Â© Sipa Press/Rex Features)

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islander · « **Reply #15 on:** March 03, 2013, 12:41:31 AM »

It's important to rotate your tires every 5,000 doggy miles.

Marco van den Boom installs the wheel of a medical roll car for French bulldog Billy at the headquarters of 'Rehatechnik fuer Tiere' in Witten, Germany (Â© Ina Fassbender/Newscom/Reuters)

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islander · « **Reply #16 on:** March 03, 2013, 12:44:21 AM »

Advanced landing gear.

A White Stork with an arificial leg financed with donations walks in the grass in Neuboehla, Germany (Â© Sebastian Willnow/AFP/Getty Images)

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islander · « **Reply #17 on:** March 03, 2013, 12:46:10 AM »

The flags are so you don't forget where you barked. Or something.

A disabled dog, rescued from the May 12 earthquake, walks on a roller at the small animal protection center in China's Sichuan province (Â© Sipa Press/Rex Features)

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islander · « **Reply #18 on:** March 03, 2013, 12:47:56 AM »

Don't worry â€” the third wheel for his tongue has been ordered.

Disabled dogs relax during a protest march in defense of homeless animals in Kiev, Ukraine (Â© Sergey Dolzhenko/EPA/Corbis)

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islander · « **Reply #19 on:** March 03, 2013, 12:49:56 AM »

There's a shark out there that better watch his back.

Yu, an approximately 25-year-old female loggerhead turtle, receives her 27th pair of artificial front legs at the Suma Aqualife Park in Kobe, Japan (Â© Toshifumi Kitamura/AFP/Getty Images)

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hubag bohol · « **Reply #20 on:** March 03, 2013, 08:46:08 AM »

http://www.instablogsimages.com/

Joey is now jumping for joy.

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