prosthetic leg

  • Reptilian amputee gets epoxied prosthesis

    The 12-year-old African spur-thighed tortoise that you see above had to have its left front leg amputated. Veterinarians at Washington State University’s College of veterinary medicine came up with a novel solution to the reptile’s mobility problem: they fitted a caster painlessly to the bottom of the tortoise’s shell...
  • Man’s Prosthetic Leg Set on Fire After Losing Drinking Bet

    With friends like these–well, you know the rest. A 47-year-old New Hampshire man suffered severe burns to his lower back and buttocks, after losing a drinking bet with friends.  Worse than losing the bet was that the unidentified man agreed to let his friends light his prosthetic leg on...
  • Prosthetic Leg Washes Up on Jacksonville Beach

    You would think that a person with a prosthetic limb would realize that said limb has gone missing, and set out trying to track it down.  You’d think that, wouldn’t you. The Jacksonville cops are hoping the same thing, after a gentleman came across a left prosthetic leg that...