A great hornbill's life has been saved by a team of veterinarians, dermatology experts and other staff members at a zoo in following a successful surgery to replace the bird's cancerous beak with a 3D-printed prosthetic one.
Animal caretakers at ZooTampa were fearful for 25-year-old Crescent's life after the colorful bird - generally found in Southeast - developed squamous cell carcinoma, a form of skin cancer that often proves to be fatal for the species but not for humans, at the top of its beak - also known as a 'casque.'
Despite the grim diagnosis, Crescent's caregivers refused to give up. They sought consultation from medical experts in a bid to extend the hornbill's life, although they were warned that the median survival time for birds once they catch the disease is 357 days, according scientific research.
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