Saturday, August 25, 2007

Prosthesis offers hope for tailless dolphin

Prosthesis offers hope for tailless dolphin

CLEARWATER, Fla. — Prosthetic specialist Kevin Carroll travels the country
tackling the toughest human amputation cases, so it was only natural that he was
also drawn to Winter — the only known dolphin to survive the loss of her
powerful tail flukes.
"My heart went out to her, and I was thinking I could probably put a tail on her," said Carroll, vice president of prosthetics at Hanger Orthopedic Group, Inc.


This is such a sweet story, but now I am hungry for a tuna sandwich.

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