Yahoo! News - Hit the beach with Hippo sweat

Want to be hip at the beach while being cool and healthy too? Try Hippopotamus sweat.

Not only is the sweat of the hippo a fetching shade of red that gradually turns to brown, it also acts as a sunscreen and has antibiotic properties, according to Japanese scientists writing in Nature science journal.


But before heading off to the zoo for sweat samples, a word of caution.


The scientists at Keio University say there is a downside -- it stinks.

Yahoo! News - Hit the beach with Hippo sweat