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Colorado students create a bright red 3D-printed exoskeleton for a malnourished tortoise with a damaged shell

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When design students at Colorado Technical University (CTU) in Colorado Springs learned that a rescued female tortoise named Cleopatra at Canyon Critters had a severely deformed shell due to malnutrition, they set about finding a solution with a 3D printer. The result was a bright red exoskeleton that would lay atop the tortoise’s damaged natural shell, allowing Cleopatra to right herself and keep infection out.
via Laughing Squid

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Image: RJ Sangosti/The Denver Post

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