2006年缅甸边境的丛林里，7个月大的小象Mosha在地雷爆炸声中失去了前腿。鲜血染红土地时，几乎没人相信它能活下来。然而18年后的今天，装上钛合金假肢的Mosha仍在泰国大象庇护所悠闲散步，甚至能帮助其他残疾同伴适应新假肢。 就在去年东京奥运赛场上，身价百万的赛马“喷气机”在跨越水坑时右腿韧带骤然断裂。全场屏息中，兽医团队却做出了截然不同的决定——给它注射安乐死药剂。同样的断腿，为何生死殊途？

Mosha, the first elephant to receive a prosthetic leg, has now made use of more than 10 false limbs - and she's still going strong. The elephant was just seven months old when a landmine near the Thai ...

Mosha was only seven months old when she lost her leg to a landmine at the Myanmar-Thailand border. Volunteers at the sanctuary in Lampang said the lack of a leg created a series health issues for the ...

Another reason to love technology is that it can be used to help animals that have missing limbs become mobile again. That was just what happened in the case of the elephant that needed a prosthetic ...

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Prosthetic limbs aren't just for people. They can be for elephants, too. Meet Mosha the elephant. She has been given a second shot at mobility with the help of a prosthetic leg. The three-legged ...

Prosthetic limbs aren't just for people. They can be for elephants, too. Mosha the elephant, a permanent resident of the hospital run by the Friends of the Asian Elephant foundation in Thailand, is ...