Jun 9 2008UPDATE: Eagle Gets Bionic Beak Story
Remember the bald eagle whose beak was shot off by some asshole poacher? Well she's finally rocking a bionic replacement, albeit temporary. "The new beak is only a temporary fix, designed to nail down precise measurements." That's a real picture of it there. Beauty (the eagle) needed the fake beak in order to grasp food and not require hand-feeding.
"She's got a grill," joked Nate Calvin, the Boise engineer who spent 200 hours designing the complex beak.
HAHAHAHA! A grill! A bird with a grill, that's priceless. *wipes tear* God, you should do standup.
Seriously though Nate, my hat's off to you and everyone else volunteering their time and expertise. You've all done a great job and made me hate people a little less.
Eagle wounded by poacher gets new beak [msnbc]
Thanks for keeping me up to date Matt, now lets go find that poacher
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Reader Comments
1. nullCRC - June 9, 2008 11:44 AM
Good job in bilking someone out of 200 hours. Not 200 hours making it, just DESIGNING it. Bullshit.
2. Elboroto - June 9, 2008 11:46 AM
Another step toward robot world domination.
Now the national symbols carry bionic parts.
3. Momboelitist - June 9, 2008 12:06 PM
I guess wild animals don't need medical insurance.
4. The Imaginary Reviewer - June 9, 2008 12:32 PM
That's all well and good, but the other eagles are still going to take the piss out of him. "Spacker! Spacker!" they'll say.
5. Jim Jones - June 9, 2008 12:43 PM
@nullCRC:
um, if you read the article, you'd see that he volunteered his time. So he only "bilked" himself, if anyone.
6. Elmo - June 9, 2008 4:12 PM
Is that... Hot glue???
7. v - June 9, 2008 7:03 PM
...Looks like plastic and hot glue.
Two hundred hours on that? Give me a break. While I'm happy the eagle can eat on its own, that's... kind of stupid and wasteful to end up giving the eagle what looks like... a partial plastic molded beak and thirty seconds with a hot glue gun...
8. Allie - June 10, 2008 1:34 AM
Wow, you guys are so pathetic. This is a wonderful thing to do for an animal.
Maybe you won't have that kind of attitude if you go volunteer your time for something positive.
9. bas - June 10, 2008 3:00 AM
I'm sure the 200 hours was spent on the ACTUAL beak you fuckwits.
10. guate6 - June 11, 2008 1:52 AM
Well done. Another reason to have respect for the people behind this.
True the robot apocalypse is one step closer, but at least this eagle can finally eat on its own.