Shelly the turtle from Nebraska is back on the move after students at a local elementary school gave her 3D printed wheels to get around after being unable to walk for a year.
PAPILLION, Neb. — A tortoise is one step closer to being back on its feet, all with the help of local elementary school students and their 3D printer.
Wildlife Encounters rescued Shelly about five years ago and made a Facebook post looking for help in order to create a three-dimensional, functional wheel system to give her the necessary support to walk around. After only a couple of test runs, they quickly realized the project would be full of trial and error. But the students appropriately adopted a"slow and steady wins the race" mindset for the project to figure out what would work the best.