Daffney the Duck to Get Artificial Foot

Daffney the Duck to Get Artificial Foot

source: Associated Press Top Strange News

Daffney the duck lost one foot to frostbite and was close to losing the other.

So the owner of the 8-month-old Muscovy duck turned to Kirkwood Community College students to give Daffney a second chance at waddling.

Linda Kennedy, the duck’s owner and also a surgical technology instructor at the college, asked her students to create a prosthetic foot for Daffney.

On Tuesday, four dental hygiene students took a mold of Daffney’s stub foot. Surgical technology students will use the mold to design a fake foot and its method of attachment.

“It’s a great learning experience,” Kennedy said. “It gives (dental students) a chance to pour molds, it gives my students a chance to learn about anatomy.”

Industrial technology students are making a movable joint and attachment system for the prosthesis, and veterinary staff will install it, Kennedy said.

“I’ll take any patient, at this point,” said first-year student Marta Miller.

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