It’s not from zoo visitors' bad behaviour, although someone did pour water on her. Pygmy hippos have the same unusual skin secretion as hippos: Hipposudoric acid. It is described as “blood sweat” as ...

Hippos secrete a type of moisture that gives their skin a pinkish tinge and has lubricating and sunscreen properties. Although it is called blood sweat it does not actually contain the animal’s ...

The baby pygmy hippo has enthralled the internet for weeks, with photos of the adorable two-month-old plastered across every social media platform. People just can't get enough of Moo Deng ...

63-year-old Roland Cherry shared that he doesn’t “hate hippos” and was aware he was ... and thought “, That's not good” when he saw blood over his abdomen at one point during the attack.

The real-world popularity of Moo Deng has caused the market board price of the Hippo Calf in Final Fantasy 14 to soar. Moo Deng is a 2-month-old pygmy hippo living in Thailand who has gone viral ...

A British man was left "badly chewed up" after a hippo attacked him on a canoeing ... and I could see the blood on my left side as well. "The abdomen wound... I wasn't really aware of at the ...

A baby pygmy hippo living at Khao Kheow Open Zoo in Thailand continues to become a viral sensation. The 2-month-old pygmy hippopotamus named Moo Deng was born in July, according to NBC News ...