CURIOUS FACTS CONTEST #2: Hippopotamus Milk is Pink

Hello steemians. In response to @river-island #curioufacts contest, I was surfing the internet and found this amazing fact about Hippopotamus that I will like to share with you.

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In case you don't know, now you know that Hippopotamus milk is actually pink. Just like other mammals the female Hippos feed their babies with their own milk, but one thing that differentiates the Hippo’s milk with others’ is its color.

Yes, it is true the color of Hippo’s milk is bright pink. The reason why it is pink is that hippo secretes two kind of unique acids called “Hipposudoric acid” and “Norhipposudoric acid“. The two acids got their names from the word Hippopotamus.

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The Hipposudoric acid is reddish in color and often known as, “Blood Sweat” (hipposudoric, referring to hippo sweat), although its neither blood nor sweat. While the other, Norhipposudoric acid is bright orange. Both these acids are strong enough to minimize the growth of the bacteria on the Hippo’s skin. These acids also act as a sunscreen for the Hippo’s skin as they absorb the UV rays that destroy the skin cells. In a milking Hippo the two acids get combined with the white milk and thus pink colored milk is ejected. So the formula is simple:

White + Red = Pink
Thank you for reading...

Article source:
http://factslist.net/2013/01/why-hippos-milk-is-pink-10-random-facts-about-hippos/