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Oh nothing, just a hedgehog unlocking an iPhone with its paw

Hedgehog paws > human fingertips.
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Sophie Hirsh
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If you thought finding silly ways to unlock your iPhone was so 2013, think again.

A hedgehog owner trained his iPhone to recognize his hedgehog's tiny paw as a fingerprint – and it worked.

Behold, the world's most technologically powerful hedgehog.


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Sophie Hirsh

Sophie was a Viral Content Intern for the Watercooler channel. More writing and other stuff by Sophie can be found at www.sophiehirsh.com.

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