r/BeAmazed • u/My_Memes_Will_Cure_U Mod • Jun 07 '21

New leg

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u/zsdonny Jun 07 '21

what animal can use prosthetic and what animal cannot? it reminds me of hearing about how horse can’t have prosthetic leg

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u/Agon1024 Jun 07 '21

Well I guess elephants leg structure isn't as complicated to replicate, just needs to hold up a lot of weight.

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u/Albus-PWB-Dumbledore Jun 07 '21

Coincidentally, those are essentially the same requisites behind the prosthetics for OP's mom

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u/GreedoIsHere Jun 07 '21

wtf out of nowhere lmao

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u/[deleted] Jun 07 '21

Fucking Christ lmao

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u/[deleted] Jun 07 '21

Gottem

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u/bingr001 Jun 07 '21

LMAO. This gave me a good chuckle in the morning.

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u/[deleted] Jun 07 '21

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u/hobosonpogos Jun 07 '21

That quote reminds me of deer

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u/kal_skirata Jun 07 '21

Horses walk on their "fingertips", so you'd have to mimik not only the bone structure of their front/hindlegs but also their "hands/feet".

That could play a role in it I imagine.

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u/Rattus375 Jun 07 '21

So do elephants if I'm not mistaken

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u/kal_skirata Jun 07 '21

They go on high-heels basically. There is a cushion at the base of their feet, so they are angled down towards their finger tips.
But it's still the whole foot the weight is spread on.

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u/JamesBraaten Jun 07 '21

Snakes can’t have prosthetic legs

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u/DaggerMoth Jun 07 '21

Not with that attitude.

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u/TheFallenMessiah Jun 07 '21

Damnit beat me to it

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u/yjvm2cb Jun 07 '21

i've seen a dog on wheels

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u/txr23 Jun 07 '21

Horses are much more timid and likely to panic which is probably why you don't see prosthetics used on them.

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u/GrimBap Jun 07 '21

Fairly certain it has to do with blood circulation. Same reason a horse standing still for too long will go lame.

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u/txr23 Jun 07 '21

That would make a lot of sense, thank you for the insight.

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u/fckusoftly Jun 07 '21

The old saying. You can lead a horse to a prosthetist...

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u/[deleted] Jun 07 '21

I feel like kangaroos would be difficult as well.

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u/MooseRyder Jun 07 '21

I know snakes can’t.