Half an inch at a time, B9720, the one-legged flamingo at LincolnPark Zoo will start standing on his new artificial leg today.
B9720 had his second fitting Monday for the artificial leg madeby volunteers from Scheck & Siress, an Oak Park prosthesis firm. Heslipped around and balanced on the heel of the foot Friday, so themen who usually make artificial limbs for humans spent the weekendaltering their avian invention.
They changed the angle of the foot so it sits flat on theground, and because he had slipped, they glued to the sole a piece oftan rubber with "little tiny treads, like running shoes," said Dr.Robyn Barbiers, zoo director of veterinary medicine.For …
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