The iris (the colored portion around the pupil) is unique to each individual horse, even cloned horses will have different iris patterns. A company called eyeD developed a camera system in 2011 to take pictures of a horse's iris and store them in a database for rapid recall and identification. While it might seem like something out of a James Bond movie, this system could become a universal location for horse identification as well as medical history and records.
Stay tuned for Tuesday Trivia next week, one person with the correct answer will win a great prize!
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