would you agree that tortoises are sort of turtle-ish? or turtles are sort of tortoise-ish? exactly.
PULLMAN, WASH. -- The artificial limb put on an African tortoise at Washington State University didn't come from a high-tech prosthetics lab. It came from a hardware store.
The caster-style wheel cost around $7, according to the two veterinarians who installed it on the tortoise after amputating a damaged front leg. They said the wheel was purchased off-the-shelf, as was the expoy that attached it to the shell.
The tortoise was shown to the public Thursday, and spent his time eating grass and other plants outside the WSU veterinary hospital.
Doctors Nicol Finch and Courtney Watkins say the tortoise is moving well and gaining weight. They say this is the first time they've put a wheel on a tortoise, although the rocedure has been done elsewhere.
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