That’s one giant prosthetic

Motala the elephant lost her left front foot and most of her leg after stepping on a land mine in 1999 near the border of Thailand and Burma.

Now she is walking again thanks to a specially made prosthesis that is noticeably larger than your average artificial leg.

Apparently she’s still getting used the the prosthesis but is doing fine after it was permanently fitted to her during a procedure that required enough anesthetic to knock out 70 people. The 48-year-old Indian elephant is walking around but hasn’t put all her weight on the prosthesis yet.

- Staff Writer Bryan Dean

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