Let’s say that you are a wildlife veterinarian and you encounter a lion. You need to measure this lion’s heart rate. This may seem complicated, but Dr. Chloe Buiting is Australian, so she has a straightforward way of doing so: she wraps an Apple Watch around the lion’s tongue. The strap is very sensitive and responds readily to pulses in the tongue.
Bruiting acknowledges that the technique is unconventional. But she also points out that one of the greatest challenges to performing surgery in the wild is administering and monitoring anesthesia correctly without a formal surgical facility. The Apple Watch is adequate for the task.
-via Dave Barry