With a little bit of silicon and a 3D printer, Buttercup the duck is now waddling around Feathered Angels Sanctuary. When Buttercup hatched on November 12, 2012 his left foot was turned backwards.

Buttercup the duck was born with his left foot turned backwards, ... But now he’s waddling again with a 3D-printed foot. ... based on photos of Buttercup’s sister Minnie’s left foot.

So the sanctuary teamed up with Novacopy, a 3D printing business, to build a brand new prosthetic foot for the duck. Thanks to new technology, it was possible to print up a mold of the bird's left ...

Buttercup the duck was born with a strange birth defect. One of the little duckling's legs faced the wrong direction. To remedy the situation, 3D printing technology has been used to create a ...

Humans aren’t the only ones benefitting from 3D printed prosthetics. Buttercup is a fluffy duck who was born with a backwards foot, causing her to hobble around the other ducks.

Philip the duck is learning to walk again with a pair of 3D printed prosthetic feet created by a Wisconsin middle school class.

However, since 3D printers only use a hard plastic to create objects, they actually 3D-printed a duck foot mold and then poured silicone into the mold to create the final product.

Polly the duck is missing more than half of her bill. Students at Southwestern University in Texas are working to create a prosthetic bill using a 3D printer. Photo by Jimmy Smith Polly the duck ...

First there was the injured bald eagle with the 3D-printed beak, and now a duck named Buttercup, born with a twisted foot, is getting a brand new one thanks to the same technology. Reader support ...

A Wisconsin duck, who lost both feet to frostbite, gets back up and around after a middle school technology teacher creates new feet for him with a 3-D printer. (Video: WBAY) ...

According to Brickset, the duck is manufactured using the selective laser sintering process where lasers are used to heat and melt a powdered material, layer by layer, until a 3D model is built up.