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The video above this sentence is from a camera implant on a rhino in South Africa. It’s there to deter poachers by turning the endangered animals into their own surveillance system. Conservationists from British non-profit Protect developed the system which uses GPS tagging, heart rate monitors and the aforementioned embedded cameras. Rhinos are under constant threat from poachers who want to kill them for ivory. The Real-Time Anti-Poaching Device (RAPID) system can quickly alert their protectors to that danger and help them intervene. RAPID detects when an animals heart rate drops and activates the camera implant, while a collar around…

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