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Re:Southern ground hornbill gets 3D printed beak prostheses ... by suriyaG on Sunday October 18, 2026 @10:00AM (#50141161)
incredible work and effort.

I'm curious about the economics of these. who funds these endeavors and why? who makes the decision on spending $X for quality of life improvement on a hornbill vs saving a few rhinos.

because in a world where you see humans without basic stuff to live with, this is a fascinating economic alignment with a different species

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Re:Southern ground hornbill gets 3D printed beak prostheses ... by jacquesm on Sunday October 18, 2026 @10:18AM (#50141315)
> who funds these endeavors and why?

https://www.artis.nl/en/plan-your-visit/ticket-prices

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Re:Southern ground hornbill gets 3D printed beak prostheses ... by realo on Sunday October 18, 2026 @10:06AM (#50141208)
Maybe you can ask a similar question to the millions of people (literally!) who bought 2,000$ iPhone Duo devices in the last few days.

Spending a bit of money to save a bird's life seems inconsequential.

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Re:Southern ground hornbill gets 3D printed beak prostheses ... by KetoManx64 on Monday October 19, 2026 @10:47PM (#50160764)
Those millions of people bought the iPhone Duo devices with their own money that they worked a corporate job for weeks or months for in order to afford and have the right to spend that money however they want.

The real question is was this endeavour funded by public or private money. If it's private money that's great, if it was in any way funded by my tax dollars which I am forced at gun point to pay, that is not okay.

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