Are hippo sun-burnt when lakes are empty?

Answer 1

Sweat can stain your shirt and leave a lingering odor. If you were a hippo, things could be even worse: Your sweat would have a red-orange color.
Now, say scientists from Japan, hippo sweat has a good side, too. It blocks the sun's harmful rays and fights disease-causing microbes.

When a hippo sweats, its skin releases colored substances that may prevent infection and sunburn.

Hippo sweat isn't really sweat because the glands that produce it are bigger and deeper than those that produce sweat in people and other animals. The liquid comes out of skin holes that are easy to see. This liquid may help a hot hippo cool down, but it's just as easy for a hippo to lumber into water to cool off.

But if there is no water the chemical is thought to prevent sunburn.

Answer 2

I don't know. I saw a tv documentary which showed these poor Africans in poverty.... and how the rangers were unable to stop the villagers from killing hippos.. 4 a month at current rate. A dead hippo is worth big money... prolly with deals for all the Chinese herbal remedies. It was so sad...as the documentary suggested that all the hippos in that country face extinction from this illegal hunting.

Answer 3

Yes, I believe Hippo's can get sunburnt.
I think I heard that on a David Attenborough programme.

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Answer 4

Hippos do get sunburnt (when you see a hippo and it has characteristic pink areas on its body, its body is releasing chemicals to try to prevent it). However they prevent sunburn by wallowing in mud (like pigs, also).

Answer 5

In my experience, sun bouncing off the water is the quickest road to sunburn.

Answer 6

certainly not with their tough flabby skin