We’re WILD about microchipping! Read on to learn more about these fun and WILD microchipping facts!

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Did you know even the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service use microchips to track wild animals for research?

Sharks are also microchipped too! These scary sea animals are microchipped on the left side of their dorsal fin!

Fun Fact: Fish over 30cm in length are microchipped in the left side of the coelomic (body) cavity.

Did you know that tortoises are microchipped in the left hind limb?

Your feathery friends can be microchipped too! Birds can have a microchip implanted in their breast muscle.

Zebras, like horses, are microchipped on the left side of the neck, halfway between the poll and withers and approximately one inch below the midline of the mane, into the nuchal ligament.

Manatees are identified by their scar patterns, did you know that? In addition, every manatee captured has a microchip implanted so scientists can track individual manatees and study behavior, distribution, and movement patterns. How cool is that?