CEDARBURG, Wis. -- A duck that lost its feet to frostbite is waddling again, thanks to a middle-school teacher and a 3-D printer. Vicki Rabe-Harrison rescued Phillip the duck and, after watching a video of a 3-D printer online, turned to South Park Middle School teacher Jason Jischke in Oshkosh for help. It took six weeks of trial and error to get the prosthetic feet just right. Phillip was a bit wobbly when he first tested his new feet, but he has joined other birds and animals at a sanctuary in Cedarburg.
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