Use the interactive elephants, rhinos, and hippos exhibit to determine if each statement is fact or fiction.
The African Elephant is the largest land animal on earth
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The ears of elephants are used to regulate body temperature.
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There are fewer Asian elephants than African elephants.
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African elephants can occur in herds of up to 1,000 individuals.
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The population of African elephants has actually increased in the last few decades.
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Asian elephants have rounded foreheads.
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Herds of Asian elephants are led by the dominant male.
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Elephants have been known to use tools to scratch themselves are swat at insects.
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All species of elephants are herbivores.
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White rhinos are not actually white.
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A group of rhinos is called a herd.
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The white rhino is the world's fourth largest land mammal.
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The black rhino is typically smaller than the white rhino.
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Black rhinos have two horns.
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Both the common and pygmy hippos have webbed toes.
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Hippos are poached for their ivory teeth.
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Borneo elephants are more closely related to African elephants than Asian elephants.
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Elephants exhibit complex social behaviors, including mourning for their dead.
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