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How does a hippo defecate?

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∙ 9y ago
Updated: 10/8/2023

They're skin turns pink when they're in the sun and get really hot and it acts as a sunscreen. The pink skin also acts as an antibiotic so that when they return to the feces filled water covered in cuts after fighting, they don't get infections.

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