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    The Japanese researchers who dubbed a pachyderm secretion to be “hipposudoric acid” seem to know more about biochemistry than about etymology. The word hippopotamus is a synthesis of Latin hippo (horse) and potamus (river), apparently because of the resemblance of the face of a submerged hippopotamus to the head of a horse. Hipposudoric implies a […]

    By Science News
  2. Animals

    Red Sweat: Hippo skin oozes antibiotic sunscreen

    The hippo version of sweat, which is red-orange, contains pigments that can block microbial growth and some ultraviolet light.

    By Susan Milius

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    This article seems to use “aspirin” and “acetaminophen” interchangeably. Aspirin is acetyl salicylic acid, not acetaminophen (better known as Tylenol).