Winter The Dolphin Research Paper

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Many animals, such as Winter the dolphin, have inspired great innovations in human prosthetics. After Winter lost her tale in a crab trap accident scientist began creating a custom prosthetics. While in the process they created a rubbery sock made of thermoplastic elastomer, now called Winter’s gel. Today this is used with a number of patients as a less irritating version of prosthetic liner. It is especially helpful for amputee athletes as it doesn’t slip when it gets

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