From nationalgeographic.com:
More than three years after a poacher shot off her upper beak, a bald eagle named Beauty—pictured above, before and after her operation—has been outfitted with a new one.
A team attached an artificial beak to the 15-pound (7-kilogram) eagle in mid-May, improving her appearance and, more importantly, helping her grasp food.
“The eagle has landed, and she has a beak,” engineer Nate Calvin said after the surgery. Calvin spent 200 hours designing the complex prosthetic appendage.
The nylon-composite beak is only a temporary fix, designed to nail down precise measurements. A final beak made of tougher material will be created and attached later.
