Bearded vulture, Mia, gets titanium bionic leg implant, becomes world's first bird to get a prosthetic foot
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For the first time, a team led by Dr Oskar Aszmann of the Medical University of Vienna have fitted a bionic leg onto a bearded vulture from the Owl and Bird of Prey Sanctuary in Haringsee, Austria. So far, all bionic aids have been used in humans. However, for the first time, the technique known as osseointegration (direct skeletal attachment) has been used in a bearded vulture.
