Bionic Beasts: Saving Animal Lives with Artificial Flippers, Legs, and Beaks (Library Binding) (ISBN-13: 9781541589407)

What happens when a young elephant steps on a buried land mine? What happens when a sea turtle's flipper is injured by a predator? Thanks to recent advances in technology, we have new ways to design and build prosthetic body parts that can help these animals thrive.

Meet an Asian elephant named Mosha, a Kemp's ridley sea turtle named Lola, a German Shepherd named Cassidy, a greylag goose named Vitia, and Pirate, a Berkshire-Tamworth pig. Each of these animals was struggling, but through a variety of techniques and technologies, humans created devices that enabled the animals to live and move more comfortably. Discover the stories of how veterinarians, doctors, and even students from around the world used 3D printing and other techniques to build bionic body parts for these amazing animals.

Author: Jolene Guti駻rez
ISBN-10: 1541589408
ISBN-13: 9781541589407
Publisher: Millbrook Press (Tm)
Language: English
Published: 10/06/2020
Pages: 48
Format: Library Binding
Weight: 0.90lbs
Size: 10.20h x 8.20w x 0.50d

Accelerated Reader:
Reading Level: 7.4
Point Value: 1
Interest Level: Middle Grade
Quiz #/Name: 511705 / Bionic Beasts: Saving Animal Lives with Artificial Flippers, Legs, and Beaks


Review Citation(s):
Kirkus Reviews 08/01/2020
School Library Journal 09/01/2020 pg. 101
Hornbook Guide to Children 07/01/2020 - Recommended, Satisfactory