A conservation veterinarian discovered that if you’ve got a sedated lion on your hands and need to monitor its heart rate, wrapping an Apple Watch around its tongue does the trick.
Using an Apple Watch to measure a lion’s heartrate is the best use of this technology we’ve seen.
Using an Apple Watch to measure a lion’s heartrate is the best use of this technology we’ve seen.
Australian wildlife veterinarian Dr Chloe Buiting, who is Instagram user Jungle_doctor posted a video of an anesthetized lion with an Apple Watch strapped to its tongue.
Dr. Buiting called this hack an “off-label” use of Apple’s technology and she described how the Apple Watch is helping conservation vets monitor their furry, scaly, or spikey patients during medical exams and surgeries.
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As it turns out, Apple Watch heart rate monitoring can be used on lions too