>Elephant gets prosthetic leg

觸雷大象裝上假肢(圖)

Mosha, an injured elephant whose right foreleg was blown off when she stepped on a landmine in Thailand in 2007, has been fitted with a prosthetic leg and will get back on the jungle trail soon, the Daily Mail reported Monday. She is the 1st elephant in the world to be fitted with a prosthetic leg.(See photo)

據英國《每日郵報》9日報道，泰國一只名叫摩薩的亞洲象2007年踩到地雷，前右腿慘遭炸毀，此后醫生為其安裝了假肢。日前，它已逐步適應假肢，不久將重返叢林生活。摩薩是世界上第一只安裝假肢的大象。(見圖)

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