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WATCH: Elephant hurt in land mine explosion gets new prosthetic leg

An elephant named Mosha looked happy when she tested her new prosthetic leg last month. She lost ...
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15.58 4 Jul 2016


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WATCH: Elephant hurt in land mine explosion gets new prosthetic leg

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15.58 4 Jul 2016


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An elephant named Mosha looked happy when she tested her new prosthetic leg last month.

She lost her leg in a land mine explosion when she was under a year old.

This is her ninth prosthetic leg as she grew bigger and stronger since the initial accident 10 years ago.

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Image: Facebook/Friends of the Asian Elephant Foundation

She lives with Friends of the Asian Elephant Foundation in Lampang, Thailand - along with fellow land mine victim Motola, a 56-year-old elephant who also got a new prosthetic leg.

The new prosthetics will keep weight off the elephants’ other limbs.

Mosha weighs more than 4,000 lb, and her prosthetic is made of thermoplastic, steel, and elastomer.


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