Turkey has attached a new turtle beak, print it on a 3D-printer (video, photos) – Summary of Ukrainian and world news

The beak, made of titanium replaces the turtle’s jaw, half of which was cut off in the collision of a boat propeller.

Detailed images obtained by scanning turtles, allowed to construct a titanium prosthesis.

If the prosthesis will not be cut off the body turtle, soon it will be released into the sea.

45-pound loggerhead sea turtle (another name – loggerhead) was found on the shore of a severe injury and taken to a research center and rescue rehabilitation of turtles Pamukkale University in the Turkish city of Denizli.

At first, the center staff brought her a feeding from the hands, but soon they realized that in order to turtle could subsist very necessary radical treatment.

Center contacted the Turkish company BTech Innovation, known for its prostheses, custom-made.

Experts BTech studied the images obtained by scanning center staff turtles and manufactured titanium beak that it went perfectly.

Thus was restored the ability of the turtle to eat on their own.

The turtle, called acute accent-3, is now undergoing rehabilitation. Center staff are going to make sure that the prosthesis and caught the turtle got used to their titanium jaw.

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