Boing Boing recently reported on a turtle who was hit by a car. After some surgery, the turtle mostly recovered, but it had lost the use of its back legs. So Jim Lee decided to help it out by replacing its back legs with a pair of model airplane wheels.
Apparently, the turtle took to them pretty well, and was able to eat, drink, and explore Lee’s house.
And, as awesome as that is, here’s something even more awesome from the comments on this story:
This story is very personal for me because I too rescued a turtle, one who had lost the use of all his legs. We replaced his legs with RC Car tires and mounted a motor to the top of his shell, one that responded to the upwards and downwards movement of his head by a series of wires and levers (for steering left and right). It was quite a sight to see him fly past at 30 mph, chasing the neighborhood kids around. We set up a few ramps after he showed a predilection for jumping off things, and he would spend hours hurtling himself like a little turtle superman into various piles of leaves and whatnot.
It’s the Bionic Turtle, the fastest turtle that ever was. What could be more awesome than that?