Genesha, who goes by Spike, is a playful Asian elephant who lives at the Calgary Zoo in Canada. Not long ago, he broke one of his tusks above his old cap (which he’d been wearing since 2002) while playing too vigorously with a tire. To prevent further damage to the tusk, and to prevent infection, he was fitted with new, larger dental caps.
But these caps are stainless steel and weigh in at more than 46 pounds each, and break the record for largest dental caps that had been held by their predecessors. They were designed by students at SAIT (South Alberta Institute of Technology) Polytechnic’s school of manufacturing and automation. The engineering was a challenge they were happy to accept as a test of how targeted manufacturing can be applied to unique situations requiring an uncommon solution.
Wow! An elephant super-hero!
Wonder if that flimsy fence and chainlink can hold the 4 ton steel tusked pachyderm in full frontal charge? Its bound to happen when musth comes around…
Elephant grilles.
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Don’t taze me, bro!
Where can I get a set?
This is not going to end well.
natural selection as it’s finest
He, he, he. I think that all elephants should get this and rocket launchers on the tusk. Plus armor plating and then we will see how well the poachers do.
What? They were out of adamantium?
Look closer, the chain link fence is further away. Spike there plays a bit too rough. Last year one of his tusks was still full size, he just keeps breaking them. He used to have the largest on record.
It’s not a very good picture of him either… looks like it was taken by a kid (heightwise)
That’s proof that everyone wants to be black.
how would he do against sharks with frickin’ laser beams??