Wildlife care specialists Debbie Dention, left, and Lara Jones watch as a penguin named Lucas tests custom orthopaedic footwear at the San Diego Zoo in San Diego, U. S., undated photo. A member of the San Diego Zoo’s African penguin colony has been fitted with orthopaedic footwear to help it deal with a degenerative foot condition. Note: Photo from San Diego Zoo (Ken Bohn, 2022 © San Diego Zoo Wildlife Alliance/CEN)
Copyrights: Ken Bohn, 2022 © San Diego Zoo Wildlife Alliance/CEN
01 September 2022
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This is the moment a penguin tries on a pair of life-changing boots that will put the spring back in his step for good. Lucas is a penguin at the San Diego Zoo in California who suffers from bumblefoot, a degenerative condition that takes the form of a bacterial infection found on the feet of birds...