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- In addition to this physical barrier, hippos sweat contains a red pigment called hipposudoric acid, which has antibacterial properties.
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May 26, 2004 · The red pigment also has antibacterial properties, which work to protect the hippo from certain pathogens and accelerate its recovery from wounds. River horse. The hippopotamus - or "river...
May 27, 2004 · The red pigment 2 also has antibiotic activity: at concentrations lower than that found on the hippopotamus's skin, it inhibits the growth of the pathogenic bacteria Pseudomonas aeruginosa A3 and...
- Yoko Saikawa, Kimiko Hashimoto, Kimiko Hashimoto, Masaya Nakata, Masato Yoshihara, Kiyoshi Nagai, Mo...
- 2004
May 26, 2004 · The hippo version of sweat, which is red-orange, contains pigments that can block microbial growth and some ultraviolet light.
May 27, 2004 · In reality, hippos' secretions are neither blood nor precisely sweat, but a mixture of pigments that function as both sunscreen and antibiotic, as well as keeping the animals cool,...
- Michael Hopkin
- 2004
The antiseptic powers of hippo sweat help to explain how the beasts manage to remain largely infection-free despite the wounds the males often inflict upon one another with their tusks -- long ivory teeth that can grow up to 20 inches (51 centimeters) long.
- Jennifer Horton
- Generally no, hippos are herbivores that eat up to 40 kilograms of grass per day. There are a few reported cases of cannibalism or hippos eating ot...
- Hippos are naturally aggressive and dangerous. These semi aquatic land mammals are known to cause more deaths than any other animal on the continen...
- The red or pink color of the hippo's sweat is due to the presence of two unstable and highly acidic compounds - hipposudoric acid, which is red, an...
- The mucus secretion on a hippo's body not only helps control their body temperature, but also acts as a potent sunscreen and antibiotic. The thick...
May 27, 2004 · In reality, hippos' secretions are neither blood nor precisely sweat, but a mixture of pigments that function as both sunscreen and antibiotic, as well as keeping the animals cool, say...
May 5, 2021 · Hippo skin contains anatomically complex sweat glands [37,38] that secrete a red-orange pigmented sweat that may have sunscreen and/or antimicrobial properties [40,41]. The traditional view based on morphology is that cetaceans are excluded from a monophyletic Artiodactyla (even-toed hoofed mammals) [ 42 , 43 ] and that hippopotamids are the ...
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