Kicker: New shoes for Lucas

NICK EICHER, HOST: There’s nothing like a pair of shoes that fit just right. And that’s not just for humans, it’s for penguins too.

Lucas is a penguin who lives at the San Diego Zoo. He was born with a malady known as bumblefoot, which means kind of what it sounds like it means, he’s unable to walk normally.

Zookeeper Debbie Denton explained to television station CBS8:

DENTON: You would see him listing to the right a bit. You would see him limping on his left foot.

That kind of difference in the animal world meant he wasn’t accepted by the other penguins. They shunned him.

The zookeepers decided to do something about it. SO they took impressions of his footprint and sent them to a company that makes animal prosthetics.

That’s when Lucas got his new shoes. They’ve changed his life. He’s walking around like he owns the place.

DENTON: It warms my heart just to know that we've been able to do something to make him more comfortable and to make him fit into the colony a little bit better.

Now that Lucas is one of the huddle, he’s even got a girlfriend.

It’s The World and Everything in It.

NICK EICHER, HOST: There’s nothing like a pair of shoes that fit just right. And that’s not just for humans, it’s for penguins too.

Lucas is a penguin who lives at the San Diego Zoo. He was born with a malady known as bumblefoot, which means kind of what it sounds like it means, he’s unable to walk normally.

Zookeeper Debbie Denton explained to television station CBS8:

DENTON: You would see him listing to the right a bit. You would see him limping on his left foot.

That kind of difference in the animal world meant he wasn’t accepted by the other penguins. They shunned him.

The zookeepers decided to do something about it. SO they took impressions of his footprint and sent them to a company that makes animal prosthetics.

That’s when Lucas got his new shoes. They’ve changed his life. He’s walking around like he owns the place.

DENTON: It warms my heart just to know that we've been able to do something to make him more comfortable and to make him fit into the colony a little bit better.

Now that Lucas is one of the huddle, he’s even got a girlfriend.

It’s The World and Everything in It.

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