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Raptor biologist Janie Veltkamp shares the uplifting story of how Beauty the bald eagle, whose beak was shattered by a gunshot, was able to drink water after she was given a 3D-printed prosthetic beak. Veltkamp described the process, recenlty released in a children’s book, during a presentation and book launch Saturday in the Coeur d’Alene Public Library.

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Beauty and the beak
October 2, 2017 1 a.m.

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