Beauty and the beak : how science, technology, and a 3D-printed beak rescued a bald eagle
(2017)
Nonfiction
Book
Call Numbers:
E/598.943/ROSE,D
Availability
Details
PUBLISHED
Apex, NC : Persnickety Press, [2017]
DESCRIPTION
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 27 cm
ISBN/ISSN
9781943978281, 194397828X
LANGUAGE
English
NOTES
Meet Beauty, the bald eagle that made world news when she was injured, rescued and received a 3D-printed prosthetic beak. Follow Beauty's brave and inspiring story as she grows up in the wild, is rescued after being illegally shot, and receives a new beak specially engineered by a human team including a raptor biologist, engineer and dentist. Learn more about how bald eagles as a species came back from near extinction, and about nationwide efforts to conserve this American symbol
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