Yes, hippos sweat. When the sweat is fresh, it is colorless. then mucus gradually turns red orange, then eventually turn into solid, brown gunk.
The red-colored secretion scatters light, preventing the hippo from getting sunburned. See the related link for more about hippo sweat.
Their skin secretes a natural sunscreen substance which is red-colored. The secretion is sometimes referred to as "blood sweat," but is neither blood nor sweat. This secretion is initially colorless and turns red-orange within minutes, eventually becoming brown. Two distinct pigments have been identified in the secretions, one red and one orange. The two pigments are highly acidic compounds. They are known as red pigment hipposudoric acid and orange pigment norhipposudoric acid. The red pigment was found to inhibit the growth of disease-causing bacteria. The light absorption of both pigments peaks in the ultraviolet range, creating a sunscreen effect. All hippos, even those with different diets secrete the pigments, so it does not appear that food is the source of the pigments. Instead, the animals may synthesize the pigments from precursors such as the amino acid tyrosine.
Reference: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hippopotamus
From reading this, your questions leads to the negative.
the sweat becomes red.
yes it goes from pink to blue
hippos do not even have red sweat.
No, that's hippos. Hippos do it because they have very fair skin, and the red pigment in their sweat acts as a sunscreen and stops them from burning up.
No, that's hippos. Hippos do it because they have very fair skin, and the red pigment in their sweat acts as a sunscreen and stops them from burning up.
Aside from immersing in the water, hippos have a special way to fight off sunburn - they have glands that produce a red, oily fluid, and the fluid is as effective as a sun block. Because of this fluid, we used to think that hippos sweat blood. Actually, hippos don't have sweat glands so they do not sweat at all!
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The red sweat is a natural antibiotic sunscreen to protect them from the heat and sun.
Hippos, and Elephants.
Hippos do not have any special appendages. The animals have four legs and a tail. They do, however, secrete a red sweat that acts as a skin protectant and bug repellent.
Simply by virtue of its size my vote goes to the larger horses.
Hippos sweat pink goo because of how their bodies work. Also their skin. The stuff they sweat out act a little as a natural sun screen, which helps protect their skin when they aren't submerged. It's fairly similar to the waxy oils us human produce that makes our foreheads and noses look all shiny and sometimes block our pores.
That is completely wrong, they stay in a school and they don't sweet blood. the pink liquid that they sweat acts like a sun screen and stains their skin red.
When hippos are upset, their sweat turns red.
The Hippo's body is brownish gray with pink spots on the top rbertuca