What effect does hippopotamus skin have?

The hippopotamus usually has a habit of eating at night to avoid the heat. In the daytime they stay in the water to rest and most importantly to digest the food the night before. But sometimes hippopotamus also needs sun exposure.

But what will protect them from the sun sometimes also toxic? The answer to this is that a substance is excreted to protect against ultraviolet light, which is initially colorless, then turns red and eventually turns brown when the pigment is polymerized.

Researchers have found that the substance is made up of two pigments, a red one called hipposudoric acid and another orange pigment called norhipposudoric acid, which are produced from exchange of amino acid.

The production of this natural skin protection not only protects the skin of the hippopotamus from the sun but also regulates the temperature and prevents the growth of bacteria, especially the red pigment that is resistant. Birth seems very good for hippopotamus.

NGUYEN SINH