Parrot fitted with printed beak

A zoo in Nanjing, Jiangsu province, has used 3-D printing technology to help a bullied parrot who lost its beak.

The parrot, a palm cockatoo named Huizai, or Gray Boy, had been harassed by other birds living in the Nanjing Hongshan Forest Zoo.

"At first, there were only cracks on the beak," said Chen Wei, one of Huizai's keepers. "But the cracks gradually grew bigger until finally Huizai lost almost all of its beak.