Elephant Gets Fake Leg
Here we have video of Mosha, a baby Asian elephant who lost her front right leg to a landmine, testing out her new fake leg.
This is Mosha's second prosthetic leg. She lives with the Friends of the Asian Elephant hospital in Lampang, Thailand, who rescued her, and nursed her back to health after she was injured by the landmine.
In the video it looks like she was getting around okay with just the three legs, but I've heard that there's something about elephant physiology that makes it better for them to be able to balance on four legs. Which, you know, makes sense.
Except that she seem totally stressed out by the new leg, and her handlers seems ot be chasing her all over the place, like she's trying to escape.
Plus, she's just a baby, and growing fast. They have to make a new leg for her, as she gets bigger. That doesn't seem very sustainable, although you have to applaud the kindness of their intention.
What do you think?
This is Mosha's second prosthetic leg. She lives with the Friends of the Asian Elephant hospital in Lampang, Thailand, who rescued her, and nursed her back to health after she was injured by the landmine.
In the video it looks like she was getting around okay with just the three legs, but I've heard that there's something about elephant physiology that makes it better for them to be able to balance on four legs. Which, you know, makes sense.
Except that she seem totally stressed out by the new leg, and her handlers seems ot be chasing her all over the place, like she's trying to escape.
Plus, she's just a baby, and growing fast. They have to make a new leg for her, as she gets bigger. That doesn't seem very sustainable, although you have to applaud the kindness of their intention.
What do you think?
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