And whats a bit of both . So hang on for a wild ride. For in nature, and in the world of animals, the truth is always stranger than fiction. Just ask the kangaroo that lives in the tree or the dog with webbed feet or the bird that can look an elephant in the eye or the frog that looks like a tomato or any other astonishing animal you might meet. Lets start with a startli statement. Thats both so false and so true. Confused . Consider this. The river or nile hippopotamus, which is the great behemoth pachyderm most of us are familiar with, as well as the much smaller and much rarer pygmy hippopotamus, dont have true sweat glands. A thick red substance from their pores called, yes, blood sweat. Okay, its not blood, and its not sweat. But it does make the pygmy hippo shine. It even creates a foam behind the animals ears. Despite being thickskinned, hippos have very sensitive skin that needs to be k kt wet most of the day, which is why, more often than not, if you happen upon a hippo in the
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