Lego Wheelchair for Turtle    
 
   It's true. An injured Eastern box turtle in Baltimore received another chance at life, thanks to a wheelchair. 

   Two years ago, a turtle with a broken shell underwent surgery at the Maryland Zoo. This involved placing metal bone plates, sewing clasps and surgical wire to hold the shell together while it healed.

   Because the fractures were along the bottom of the shell, surgery itself might not be enough. The turtle needed to be mobile in order to heal properly.

   A team sketched a customized wheelchair and sent it to someone in Denmark well acquainted with Legos. The result was a Lego contraption with wheels the turtle wore for about six months, keeping its shell off the ground.

   Then they removed it and let the turtle completely heal and regain its strength before its release. 


Tomorrow: Our suggestions for new statues our destructive anarchists might like.

        Jimmy