A young male southern ground hornbill at Artis Zoo in Amsterdam has received 3D-printed prostheses for both the upper and lower parts of his beak, after both broke, the New York Post and Vice report. The zoo said that as far as is known from the scientific literature, it is the first time a bird has received both.

Utrecht University designed the parts from a CT scan and the broken pieces of his original beak; the prostheses are screwed on and can be removed. "Our biggest concern was that he would become so upset that he would stop eating," the zoo said. Instead, it said, he used the beak the same day and picked up a mouse the next morning.